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From: sos AT prospect DOT com DOT ru (Sergey Okhapkin)
Subject: RE: cp -p
14 May 1997 22:40:25 -0700 :
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"'JP Shipherd'"
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JP Shipherd wrote:
> I also have the same problem as Bruce.  
> 
> /temp> ls -l tab-test
> -rw-r--r--   1 544      everyone      105 Apr 24 10:13 tab-test
> /temp> cp -p tab-test tab-test-new
> cp: tab-test-new: Invalid argument
> 
> Sergey, did you have the problem where cp -p gave a Null timestamp (Dec 31,
> 1969) to the target file in Beta 17? 

Yes, I had the same problem. B18 fixes it.

> 
> (BTW, how did you manage to get real user ID's associated with the files
> and not user 500?)

Remove yourself from "Administrators" group.

-- 
Sergey Okhapkin
Moscow, Russia
Looking for a job

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