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bug#31712: cp --attributes-only
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kalle |
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bug#31712: cp --attributes-only |
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Mon, 6 Aug 2018 10:22:20 +0200 |
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Am 11.06.2018 um 01:38 schrieb Pádraig Brady:> On 19/05/18 00:54, kalle
wrote:
>> hello,
>> I have coreutils 8.26
>> and the option
>>
>> cp --attributes only FILE OTHERFILE
>>
>> 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
>
Sorry, but I just don't see any note here, requiring the use of `-a'.
kalle