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Re: cp --no-preserve=mode
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Jim Meyering |
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Re: cp --no-preserve=mode |
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Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:18:56 +0100 |
Hi Andreas!
Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> wrote:
> When the destination file does not exist cp uses the permissions of the
> source file for creating the destination, as specified by POSIX. Wouldn't
> it be useful if --no-preserve=mode would cause cp to use the default
> permissions (ie. 0666 - umask) instead?
Yes. That it does otherwise is counter-intuitive, to say the least.
I'll do that soon, but not for 4.5.8.
Thank you for reporting that!