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bug#31712: cp --attributes-only
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Pádraig Brady |
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bug#31712: cp --attributes-only |
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Date: |
Sun, 10 Jun 2018 16:38:47 -0700 |
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On 19/05/18 00:54, kalle wrote:
> hello,
> I have coreutils 8.26
> and the option
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> cp --attributes only FILE OTHERFILE
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> correctly doesn't copy the content of FILE,
> but the modification time of OTHERFILE is the actual date, whereas I
> understood that it should be the same as in FILE.
You need to also specify -a, as per the documentation:
‘--attributes-only’
Copy only the specified attributes of the source file to the
destination. If the destination already exists, do not alter its
contents. See the ‘--preserve’ option for controlling which
attributes to copy.
thanks,
Pádraig