How to save permissions to a file?

Question

linux

There is a directory with subdirectories and files.
You need to save the rights to the file, so that later, in which case, restore it to its original state.
Can it be done? If so, how?

Answer 1

Archive tar.gz

Answer 2

Just make a list. Then you can restore it with a script.

find . -exec stat --format '%a %n' {} \;

find . -exec stat --format '%a %n' {} \; > list_of_files.txt

Answer 3

ls -lhR /path/to/dir > permissions.txt