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cp --no-preserve=mode
From: |
Andreas Schwab |
Subject: |
cp --no-preserve=mode |
Date: |
Thu, 13 Feb 2003 13:20:11 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.090014 (Oort Gnus v0.14) Emacs/21.3.50 (ia64-suse-linux) |
When the destination file does not exist cp uses the permissions of the
source file for creating the destination, as specified by POSIX. Wouldn't
it be useful if --no-preserve=mode would cause cp to use the default
permissions (ie. 0666 - umask) instead?
Andreas.
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"And now for something completely different."
- cp --no-preserve=mode,
Andreas Schwab <=