[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> I thought the -p option preserved the permissions. How can I preserve
> my files original permissions scheme (in directory B)?
The permissions being preserved are those of the copied file. Any files that
get copied over don't matter.
Did you try not preserving permiss
You're not copying from an NFS mount, are you? a few days ago I tried to do something
similar and the permissions would not preserve, and the ownership changed to nobody.
We finally decided it was an NFS thang, since it runs as nobody.
Davida Schiff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Hi,
I have a question about preserving permissions (for files). It seems like
the -p option during a copy does not work. Here is the scenario:
Directory A has 4 files with the following permissions: file1=777,
file2=666, file3=667 & file4=676. Directory B has the same (contents) 4
files with th
