On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 00:10, A.J. Bonnema wrote: > How can I force a copied file to always have u+w on? Is it one of the > sticky bits or is it just not possible? > > Asking this because often cd's have the w-bit off which can be quite > annoying, because I have to change the w-bit on with chmod afterward. > btw I use mc to copy files (usually). > I run an updated FC2 system. > > Guus. > > -- > A.J. Bonnema, Leiden The Netherlands, > user #328198 (Linux Counter http://counter.li.org) Via the great "man cp" ... -p same as --preserve= mode, ownership, timestamps --preserve[=ATTR_LIST] preserve the specified attributes (default: mode,owner-ship,timestamps) and security contexts, if possible additional attributes: links, all This should do it for you HTH Micheal
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