Joseph wrote: > I like to use meld to copy file but meld does now preserve ownership of > the file that it copy. rsyc does but how do I use rysnc to copy let say > file that are newer then certain date ? > > I was trying to use: > find /home/myuser/oldir/* -mtime -60 -exec cp {} /home/myuser/newdir/ \; > > but cp does not preserve file ownership either. > > I was planning on copying hylafax-files (faxes) from one server to another > and most of those files have ownership "uucp:60002 or "uucp:uucp" >
>From "man cp": ... -p same as --preserve=mode,ownership,timestamps --preserve[=ATTR_LIST] preserve the specified attributes (default: mode,ownership, timestamps), if possible additional attributes: context, links, xattr, all Might I suggest a pattern here? ;-) --- Jouni