Subject: bug#14880: cp copy birth time

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 07:48:24 -0700

On 07/16/2013 07:42 AM, Enda wrote:
> Copying a file using cp on a NTFS filesystem to an ext4 filesystem does not copy the birth time:

You don't say what system you're running on, but I presume
it's one where the system doesn't let you set the birth time.
If so, please file a bug report with the kernel developers.
If not, please let us know more details about your system and
about how coreutils is configured.