--- /dev/null
+# Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite. -*- Autotest -*-
+
+# Test suite for GNU tar.
+# Copyright 2011, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Check the --owner and --group options.
+
+AT_SETUP([--owner and --group])
+AT_KEYWORDS([owner])
+
+AT_TAR_CHECK([
+export TZ=UTC0
+
+genfile --file a
+
+tar --owner="Joe the Plumber:1234" \
+ --group="Plumber's Union:5678" \
+ --mtime='@0' \
+ --mode='u=rw,go=r' \
+ -cf arc a
+
+tar -tvf arc
+tar --numeric-owner -tvf arc
+],
+[0],
+[-rw-r--r-- Joe the Plumber/Plumber's Union 0 1970-01-01 00:00 a
+-rw-r--r-- 1234/5678 0 1970-01-01 00:00 a
+],
+[],[],[],[gnu])
+
+AT_CLEANUP