From: john DOT cook AT kla-tencor DOT com (John Cook) Subject: RE: cp -p 5 Nov 1997 18:46:19 -0800 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "'gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com'" I find that 'cp -p' works correctly when copying to an NTFS file system but not when copying to a FAT filesystem. Also, 'cp -p' within bash reported some errors until I created /etc/group and /etc/passwd (there was something in the mailing list archives about this). I can't think of a reason 'cp -p' could not be made to work for all filesystems. Anyone disagree? --John >---------- >From: kh AT wg DOT icl DOT co DOT uk[SMTP:kh AT wg DOT icl DOT co DOT uk] >Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 1997 1:35 AM >To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >Subject: cp -p > >I asked about cp -p some weeks ago and got no response. Can anyone >confirm/deny >that cp -p works? > >I have done > > cp -p fileA fileB > ln -ali a fileA fileB > >and find that fileB is a copy of fileA but the date/time is now rather than >the date/time associated with fileA. > >I am running on NT 4.0 (service pack 3) and using the latest coolview. The >discs >are FAT. > > >Any help much appreciated > > >Kevin >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".