I LOOK FOR A COMMAND THAT SETS THE PERMISSIONS OF ONE FILE LIKE THE PERMISSIONS
OF ANOTHER FILE.
This is analogous to the touch command that sets the timestamps of one file
like another file,
touch -r file-template file-target
Of course, one can go through machinations like
cp -p file-template file-target
cp file-target file-template
mv file-template file-target
However, in Linux, what we imagine has often been incorporated into a command,
slickly.
Context: I copy/alter numerous files/directories around a server to set up
diskless computers.
Usually, I want the same file permissions, but not necessarily the same file
contents.
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Jim Burt, NJ9L, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
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