Hello
I've read the File::Copy perldoc and didn't see how you can pass
something to preserve file ownership. So, I guess you're stuck with
using "system". You can try setting the file attributes manually using
chown after using File::Copy but that all depends on your situation.
Sometimes it's worthwhile to use the system cp--when backing up all
home directories, just fire cp -a /home /backup and let it do the job.
If using system is your only option, make sure you don't use the single
argument option but use :
system '/bin/cp', $file1, $file2;
That way you avoid problems with non-regular file names.
Hope this helps,,,
Aziz,,,
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i guess that i am really looking for the answer as to whether or not my
> situation merits
>
> system('cp -p /foo.txt /bar.txt');
>
> or if this is something that can be done with File::Copy.
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