On Sunday 16 November 2003 15:42, Paul Fraser wrote: > Does cp -a also preserve permissions? If not, you'll want to use -p as > well. I can't try it since I'm not at a Linux box at the moment.
In my previous mail: � � � �-a, --archive � � � � � � � Preserve as much as possible of the structure and attributes �of � � � � � � � the �original �files �in the copy (but do not preserve directory � � � � � � � structure). �Equivalent to -dpR. -a is just shorthand for -dpR = copy symlinks as is, including permissions, recursively Jason -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
