GNU bug report logs - #5947
[PATCH] cp: add an option to only copy the file attributes

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:36:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 5947 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Voelker, Bernhard" <bernhard.voelker <at> siemens-enterprise.com>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>,
	"5947 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <5947 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: bug#5947: [PATCH] cp: add an option to only copy the file
	attributes
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:27:02 +0200

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> "cp now accepts the --attributes-only option to not copy file data,
> which is useful for efficiently modifying files."

is this like `touch -r ...`?

Bye,
Berny
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