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Re: cp -p feature addition: preserve GID even if preserving the UID fail
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Bob Proulx |
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Re: cp -p feature addition: preserve GID even if preserving the UID fails |
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Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:37:15 -0700 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
Jim Meyering wrote:
> Lasse Collin submitted a patch to make cp -p preserve group ID
> even when preserving both user ID and group ID initially fails.
> This can be useful when copying between users who share a common group:
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> http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=cbc06bb6390c1
This is actually functionality that I have missed having in the past.
Very nice to see it added!
Thanks
Bob