X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=Gzf8xax+y0gRcLcD vH/7HVzwT4SudrnlkKGm+ln0kgLQEL9XQtX3k246sG9tB0FWoTSTmyUzQx4J5cHI nHwQ2Z6eZIvIWmv4I/pzuydKlgueJNuiN9rFSzhBBuMVjLXU+aGBjqLm473df726 gezK8sDWcs3fz13exfFvslT9kX8= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=s7tGYws+6lm15e4nPRjhAG FtWQQ=; b=SPCooWGgFIDLzBcbVue6HMLXQnrokJBgc2Hh7wUdW8zOCTQ0BY2Gxv eYPqegiTlGaBWGtHSQ2Wqoy8qRGh+lv8kY1p6m3htMmf8kr8xHj5zgxwfcwjXNCi WPqaxoCh3rxkm0re7RWm21q17Is50aBi0JL0Ya0BBe+SDTmiJ3Zcg= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=4.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,MIME_BASE64_BLANKS,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=H*UA:Bat!, H*x:Bat!, H*r:4.80.1, H*F:D*yandex.ru X-HELO: smtp.ht-systems.ru Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 20:50:30 +0300 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <1528478334.20160520205030@yandex.ru> To: lostbits , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Can I eliminate diagnostic messages from cp In-Reply-To: <3e817f56-2193-6a63-ec27-1f49dc2b2e00@att.net> References: <3e817f56-2193-6a63-ec27-1f49dc2b2e00 AT att DOT net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by delorie.com id u4KI5mOC031953 Greetings, lostbits! > I use cp as my backup tool from disk to USB. There are maybe 40,000 > files involved and each one has a message of > "cp: preserving permissions for ’: Not supported". These messages > slow down the backup and obscure meaningful faults. Is there any option > for removing the messages? > My command line is: cp / If your USB is formatted in FAT, then --preserve=none will get rid of these messages. As FAT doesn't really support anything at all. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Friday, May 20, 2016 20:49:46 Sorry for my terrible english...