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* 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.

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* 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

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* 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.

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