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On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, CBFalconer wrote:

> > 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.
> 
> Why not, since it has been told to do it and can't?

Because it's IMHO useless to nag the user about something that cannot be 
done on the underlying platform.  There's nothing the user can do about 
that; in fact, users do not expect that to work on DOS/Windows.  It's 
normal behavior, and normal behavior should not trigger warnings.