On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:54:27 +0100
Pav Lucistnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mentioned:

> Stanislav Sedov píše v út 18. 03. 2008 v 19:50 +0300:
> > On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:43:08 +0100
> > Pav Lucistnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mentioned:
> > > 
> > > It will also change permissions on all files already present in the
> > > target directory, I think. Which might not be a desirable thing.
> > > 
> > 
> > Indeed, I know. That's why I'm asking if it'll be desirable.
> 
> It's a COPYTREE_* bug that needs to be fixed, actually.
> 

Why you think it's a bug? COPYTREE_* was intentionally designed to set
specific permissions on files written.

Of course, we can implement a version of COPYTREE that doesn't set any
permissions on files, but it'll be effectively just a 'cp -rf'.

-- 
Stanislav Sedov
ST4096-RIPE
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