cp --attributes-only is great for preserving all metadata attributes without corrupting contents, but what if I want to preserve only some of the metadata (for example, copying SELinux context but _not_ timestamps or content)? It seems like --attributes-only would be a great synonym for '--preserve=all --no-preserve=contents', and that by adding the 'contents' category to --preserve (and defaulting it to on unless turned off explicitly), that you expose finer-grained tuning to what metadata gets copied.
-- Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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