sergio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: > >> Actually, now I'm convinced that is _not_ a bug, but rather the intended >> behavior, since "cp --no-preserve=mode ..." is equivalent to "cp ...", >> and cp's default behavior is to use the src permission bits (masked via >> umask) as the destination permission bits. > > OK, and then what use case for cp --no-preserve=mode ?
You may want to use it with -p, in order to preserve some attributes, but not the "mode". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
