On 03/28/2011 10:56 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 28/03/11 21:55, Eric Blake wrote: >> cp --attributes-only is great for preserving all metadata attributes >> without corrupting contents, but what if I want to preserve only some of >> the metadata (for example, copying SELinux context but _not_ timestamps >> or content)? It seems like --attributes-only would be a great synonym >> for '--preserve=all --no-preserve=contents', and that by adding the >> 'contents' category to --preserve (and defaulting it to on unless turned >> off explicitly), that you expose finer-grained tuning to what metadata >> gets copied. > > --attr and --preserve can be combined already. Is that enough? > Here are the info docs: > > `--attributes-only' > Preserve the specified attributes of the original files in the > copy, but do not copy any data. See the `--preserve' option for > controlling which attributes to copy.
Cross referencing a related bug report: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811746#c1 cheers, Pádraig.
