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(tar.info)Modification Times

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Setting Modification Times
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   Normally, `tar' sets the modification times of extracted files to
the modification times recorded for the files in the archive, but
limits the permissions of extracted files by the current `umask'
setting.

   To set the modification times of extracted files to the time when
the files were extracted, use the `--touch' (`-m') option in
conjunction with `--extract' (`--get', `-x').

`--touch'
`-m'
     Sets the modification time of extracted archive members to the time
     they were extracted, not the time recorded for them in the archive.
     Use in conjunction with `--extract' (`--get', `-x').