cp -p

[Ekanayake, Sumith]

Hello,

We have a strange issue using "cp" command with -p option on Redhat
Linux 3 kernel 2.4.21-47.ELsmp. 
 I get the following error message...

When you use without an option, no problems
address@hidden ~]$ touch a
address@hidden ~]$ cp a b
address@hidden ~]$ ls -ld b
-rw-r--r--    1 sekanaya cadd            0 Mar 16  2007 b

When you use with -p option
address@hidden ~]$ touch c
address@hidden ~]$ cp -p c d
cp: preserving permissions for `d': Invalid argument

eventhough I get this above error message, it copies the file.
address@hidden ~]$ ls -ld d
-rw-r--r--    1 sekanaya cadd            0 Mar 16  2007 d

I do not get this error message Redhat 4.... Any idea ???

Thanks in advance.


Sumith

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