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

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: "Voelker, Bernhard" <bernhard.voelker <at> siemens-enterprise.com>
Cc: "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 17:33:49 +0100

On 14/04/10 17:27, Voelker, Bernhard wrote:
> 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 ...`?

Right, except that it handles
permissions and xattrs as well as timestamps.

cheers,
Pádraig.
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