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.
cheers,
Pádraig.
