Am 11.06.2018 um 01:38 schrieb Pádraig Brady:> On 19/05/18 00:54, kalle wrote: >> hello, >> I have coreutils 8.26 >> and the option >> >> cp --attributes only FILE OTHERFILE >> >> correctly doesn't copy the content of FILE, >> but the modification time of OTHERFILE is the actual date, whereas I >> understood that it should be the same as in FILE. > > You need to also specify -a, as per the documentation: > > ‘--attributes-only’ > Copy only the specified attributes of the source file to the > destination. If the destination already exists, do not alter its > contents. See the ‘--preserve’ option for controlling which > attributes to copy. > > thanks, > Pádraig >
Sorry, but I just don't see any note here, requiring the use of `-a'. kalle
