From: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
Message-Id: <200106091743.TAA05233@father.ludd.luth.se>
Subject: Re: .files on servers are perceived as readonly
In-Reply-To: <3791-Sat09Jun2001202431+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il> from Eli Zaretskii at "Jun 9, 2001 08:24:32 pm"
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 19:43:07 +0200 (MET DST)
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According to Eli Zaretskii:
> When you copy directory trees, you should use "cp -rf".  Otherwise,
> every write-protected file will trigger a prompt.

Ah, now I get it. If I use "cp -fa" it works fine. Well almost but I
need to see if the bew problem is reproducible first.


Right,

					MartinS