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Setting Access Permissions

To set the modes (access permissions) of extracted files to those recorded for those files in the archive, use --same-permissions in conjunction with the --extract (--get, -x) operation.

--preserve-permissions
--same-permissions
-p

Set modes of extracted archive members to those recorded in the archive, instead of current umask settings. Use in conjunction with --extract (--get, -x).