From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: dired-do-copy not really cp -p Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 09:24:16 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87smstn5mn.fsf@jidanni.org> Reply-To: Dan Jacobson NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1049779311 15468 80.91.224.249 (8 Apr 2003 05:21:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 05:21:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 08 07:21:48 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 192lYK-00041A-00 for ; Tue, 08 Apr 2003 07:21:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 192lXz-00089m-03 for gnu-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2003 01:21:27 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 192lXb-0007rR-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2003 01:21:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 192lXV-0007Yf-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2003 01:20:59 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 192lXL-00076B-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2003 01:20:47 -0400 Original-Received: from root by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 192lWs-0003wY-00 for ; Tue, 08 Apr 2003 07:20:18 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 192lQN-0003ci-00 for ; Tue, 08 Apr 2003 07:13:35 +0200 Original-Lines: 9 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.2 (i386-pc-linux-gnu) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:4738 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:4738 Gentlemen, I accuse the "[-p]" of dired-do-copy's prompt, Copy [-p] * [4 files] to: /tmp/barf of being a big fat lie! Firstly, we all know that the real cp -p preservers group and ownership. However dired-do-copy doesn't. Try it as root today. Secondly, dired-do-copy is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `dired-aux'. ...This normally preserves the last-modified date when copying. OK, it only mentions dates. If this is all it mentions, then in the prompt don't go blabbing about -p unless you plan to really deliver the vegetables.