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| From: | Dan Jacobson |
| Subject: | cp -upv copies even when not newer |
| Date: | Sat, 04 Sep 2004 12:57:48 +0800 |
$ man cp
-u, --update
copy only when the SOURCE file is newer
$ echo ooo>c
$ cp -upv c e
`c' -> `e'
$ test c -nt e;echo $? #is it newer? No.
1
$ cp -upv c e
`c' -> `e'
cp (coreutils) 5.0.91
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