GNU bug report logs - #14880
cp copy birth time

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Enda <enda_k2 <at> yahoo.com>

Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:43:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Merged with 14703

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Enda <enda_k2 <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 14880 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14880: cp copy birth time
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:14:52 +0100

forcemerge 14703 14880
stop

On 07/16/2013 03:42 PM, Enda wrote:
> Copying a file using cp on a NTFS filesystem to an ext4 filesystem does not copy the birth time:
> 
> $ cp --preserve=all ntfs.txt ~
> 
> 
> $ stat ~/ntfs.txt 
> ...
>  Birth: -

While not exactly the same issue,
it's probably due to the same reason
I mentioned to you in http://bugs.gnu.org/14703
So I'm merging these for now.

thanks,
Pádraig.
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