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Re: should a cp copied file retain original permissions?

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From: Joke de Buhr <joke@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: should a cp copied file retain original permissions?
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:41:50 +0100
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cp -a
cp --archive

same as: cp -dR --preserve=all
same as: cp -dR --preserve=mode,ownership,timestamps,context,links,xattr

On Donnerstag 11 MÃrz 2010 16:08:42 zzapper wrote:
> 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?
>

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