Patrick J Clas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, but I did try --preserve=timstamps which I would assume has the same > result. And that says that it preserves the listed attributes if > possible, which would imply to me that it wouldn't return a failure if it > wasn't possible.
If you ask it to preserve timestamps, it fails if it cannot to do so. Please tell us what version you're using (cp --version), as well as the precise command you ran and the output and exit status it produced. If you're not using coreutils-5.3.0, please get it: ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-5.3.0.tar.gz ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-5.3.0.tar.bz2 or, better still, try the latest from cvs: http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=coreutils _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
