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Re: dired-do-copy does not preserve ownerships
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Kevin Rodgers |
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Re: dired-do-copy does not preserve ownerships |
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Mon, 17 May 2004 10:30:46 -0600 |
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Dan Jacobson wrote:
> dired-do-copy, even though it prompts that it is using cp -p,
> does not preserve ownerships, at least when root, on Debian.
No, it prompts with "Copy [-p]", not "cp -p". And it's doc string
clearly states:
| This normally preserves the last-modified date when copying.
but says nothing about ownership.
> Real cp -p does. Emacs-version "21.3.1" using --no-site-file -q.
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Kevin Rodgers