Eric Blake wrote: > According to Jim Meyering on 3/30/2009 6:14 AM: >>> I give great value for backups, but still I would like to see new and >>> old destination files to have same permissions. Of course when >>> --preserve is specified expectation is changed; source permission >>> should appear for the new file. >>> >>> Am I only one thinking this way? >> >> Perhaps. >> In any case, this behavior dates back to the invention of the --backup >> option over 17 years ago. >> >> Sorry, but I see no reason to change it. > > There is no reason to change the semantics of an existing option. > However, there has been list discussion of adding an option to cp that > will preserve as many attributes as possible (better than what you > currently get with 'touch --reference'); perhaps if that new option is > ever written, it can be used in concert with --backup to get the semantics > you want?
Good point. Thanks for putting that in context. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
