RE: cp -p

[Ekanayake, Sumith]

Thanks for getting back to me in a responsive manner.

Let give you the trace and the vers...

 address@hidden ~]$ cp --version
cp (coreutils) 4.5.3
Written by Torbjorn Granlund, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.

Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.




address@hidden ~]$ strace cp -p c d
execve("/bin/cp", ["cp", "-p", "c", "d"], [/* 52 vars */]) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="hydra1.us.schp.com", ...}) = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x9928000
open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=77634, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 77634, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb75e4000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libacl.so.1", O_RDONLY)      = 3
read(3, "address@hidden"...,
512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=19248, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 22224, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x1a7000
old_mmap(0x1ac000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3,
0x4000) = 0x1ac000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)        = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\30\\\1"...,
512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1463544, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS,
-1, 0) = 0xb75e3000
old_mmap(NULL, 1191844, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) =
0x7cf000
old_mmap(0x8ec000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED,
3, 0x11c000) = 0x8ec000
old_mmap(0x8f0000, 8100, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x8f0000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libattr.so.1", O_RDONLY)     = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\320\n\0"...,
512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=7148, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 10124, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4e1000
old_mmap(0x4e3000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3,
0x1000) = 0x4e3000
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb75e4000, 77634)               = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x9928000
brk(0x9949000)                          = 0x9949000
brk(0)                                  = 0x9949000
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=32148976, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 2097152, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb73e3000
close(3)                                = 0
geteuid32()                             = 1276
lstat64("d", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
stat64("d", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
stat64("c", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
stat64("d", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
open("c", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE)         = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
open("d", O_WRONLY|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE) = 4
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
read(3, "", 32768)                      = 0
close(4)                                = 0
close(3)                                = 0
utime("d", [2007/03/16-13:59:47, 2007/03/16-13:59:47]) = 0
getxattr("c", "system.posix_acl_access", 0xbfff96e0, 132) = -1 ENODATA
(No data available)
stat64("c", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
setxattr("d", "system.posix_acl_access", 0x9928d80, 28, ) = -1 EINVAL
(Invalid argument)
chmod("d", 0100644)                     = 0
open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2601, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS,
-1, 0) = 0xb73e2000
read(3, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2601
read(3, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb73e2000, 4096)                = 0
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY)
= -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY)
= -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) =
-1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) =
-1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
write(2, "cp: ", 4cp: )                     = 4
write(2, "preserving permissions for `d\'", 30preserving permissions for
`d') = 30
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
(No such file or directory)
write(2, ": Invalid argument", 18: Invalid argument)      = 18
write(2, "\n", 1
)                       = 1
exit_group(1)                           = ?


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Sumith Ekanayake
Global Information Technology
address@hidden
(908)740-3952

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Eggert [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 12:37 PM
To: Ekanayake, Sumith
Cc: address@hidden; address@hidden
Subject: Re: cp -p

"Ekanayake, Sumith" <address@hidden> writes:

> address@hidden ~]$ touch c
> address@hidden ~]$ cp -p c d
> cp: preserving permissions for `d': Invalid argument

Perhaps it's an ACL problem?

Which version of "cp" are you using?  Try "cp --version".

Also, what is the output of "strace cp -p c d"?
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