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From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: cp complains about timestamps of directories
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> Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 12:06:51 -0500
> From: CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com>
> 
> I think it would be better to simply document it somewhere, maybe
> in the FAQ under "anomalies, because DOS is Not Unix".

I didn't expect the ported cp to preserve the time stamp of the
directory, since it's impossible on most DOS/Windows systems.  But I
don't think it should print that warning, since we aren't on Unix.

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