* dired-do-copy does not preserve ownerships @ 2004-05-14 5:20 Dan Jacobson 2004-05-17 16:30 ` Kevin Rodgers 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Dan Jacobson @ 2004-05-14 5:20 UTC (permalink / raw) dired-do-copy, even though it prompts that it is using cp -p, does not preserve ownerships, at least when root, on Debian. Real cp -p does. Emacs-version "21.3.1" using --no-site-file -q. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: dired-do-copy does not preserve ownerships 2004-05-14 5:20 dired-do-copy does not preserve ownerships Dan Jacobson @ 2004-05-17 16:30 ` Kevin Rodgers 2004-05-26 18:04 ` Dan Jacobson 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2004-05-17 16:30 UTC (permalink / raw) Dan Jacobson wrote: > dired-do-copy, even though it prompts that it is using cp -p, > does not preserve ownerships, at least when root, on Debian. No, it prompts with "Copy [-p]", not "cp -p". And it's doc string clearly states: | This normally preserves the last-modified date when copying. but says nothing about ownership. > Real cp -p does. Emacs-version "21.3.1" using --no-site-file -q. -- Kevin Rodgers ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: dired-do-copy does not preserve ownerships 2004-05-17 16:30 ` Kevin Rodgers @ 2004-05-26 18:04 ` Dan Jacobson 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Dan Jacobson @ 2004-05-26 18:04 UTC (permalink / raw) K> No, it prompts with "Copy [-p]", not "cp -p". Well, most states' consumer laws would say that genuine cp -p behaviour is implied, else drop the advertisement. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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