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RE: cp -p
- To: "'gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com'" <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: RE: cp -p
- From: John Cook <john dot cook at kla-tencor dot com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 15:12:34 -0800
I find that 'cp -p' works correctly when copying to an NTFS file
system but not when copying to a FAT filesystem. Also, 'cp -p'
within bash reported some errors until I created /etc/group and
/etc/passwd (there was something in the mailing list archives
about this).
I can't think of a reason 'cp -p' could not be made to work for
all filesystems. Anyone disagree?
--John
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>From: kh@wg.icl.co.uk[SMTP:kh@wg.icl.co.uk]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 1997 1:35 AM
>To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com
>Subject: cp -p
>
>I asked about cp -p some weeks ago and got no response. Can anyone
>confirm/deny
>that cp -p works?
>
>I have done
>
> cp -p fileA fileB
> ln -ali a fileA fileB
>
>and find that fileB is a copy of fileA but the date/time is now rather than
>the date/time associated with fileA.
>
>I am running on NT 4.0 (service pack 3) and using the latest coolview. The
>discs
>are FAT.
>
>
>Any help much appreciated
>
>
>Kevin
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