(This thread might get more specialized attention on MVS-OE.) On Tue, 3 May 2022 22:45:53 +0000, Mark Jacobs wrote:
>I'm not on a zOS system now, but does its pax command have this option? > >-p string > ... > e "Preserve everything", the user ID, group ID, file mode bits, > file access time, and file modification time. This is > intended > to be used by root, someone with all the appropriate > privileges, in order to preserve all aspects of the files as > they are recorded in the archive. The e flag is the sum of > the > o and p flags. > >There are several more options, but it looks like "e" is what you'd use. > That probably doesn't work because: o "e" applies to the copy, not to the original. o The problem arise because resetting the "access" time changes the "changed" time -- "everything" means only "almost everything". "pax -rwl" is probably no better because it changes the link count, thereby changing the "changed" time. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
