On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 04:44:28PM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote: > >>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Thomas> "cp -p" has some unfortunate side-effects (some versions copy > Thomas> the ownership of the original file in addition to the > Thomas> protection) > > Do you have references for this? This is typical information that > must be double checked and included in autoconf.texi once certified.
not offhand. I've run into it occasionally (for example, a few weeks ago using IRIX 6.5). Comparing, I see it is documented on Solaris, Tru64 (even Linux). But relying on it is not portable (I recall that it wasn't implemented on some older systems). -- Thomas E. Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
