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Re: should a cp copied file retain original permissions?

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From: "Darryl Zurn" <dzurn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "zzapper" <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: should a cp copied file retain original permissions?
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:26:05 -0600 (CST)
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Try cp --preserve

Darryl

> Hi
> zsh on cygwin on windows7
>
>
> I frequently find that a file created by a copy (cp) has lost its
> permissions
> such that I need to chmod it to be able to edit it etc; sometimes
> requiring
> opening cygwin as windows administrator.
>
> Is this normal?
>
> --
> zzapper
> http://zzapper.co.uk/ Technical Tips
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