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bug#5947: [PATCH] cp: add an option to only copy the file attributes
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Pádraig Brady |
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bug#5947: [PATCH] cp: add an option to only copy the file attributes |
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Date: |
Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:33:49 +0100 |
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On 14/04/10 17:27, Voelker, Bernhard wrote:
> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> "cp now accepts the --attributes-only option to not copy file data,
>> which is useful for efficiently modifying files."
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> is this like `touch -r ...`?
Right, except that it handles
permissions and xattrs as well as timestamps.
cheers,
Pádraig.