On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 00:43, A.J. Bonnema wrote: > Micheal wrote: > > 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 > > > > Hi Michael, > > Thanks for you answer, but I need the opposite. I want the write > attribute to be set even if the original file does not have the write > attibute set, depending on the target directory. > > Possible? > > Guus. > -- > A.J. Bonnema, Leiden The Netherlands, > user #328198 (Linux Counter http://counter.li.org) A.J Sorry about that, Its late here in the US... I don't think there is going to be a one stop shop for that. I tried googling but no luck there. You "could" write a bash script to copy the file and chmod +w it, that might save you a few keystrokes. Other than that I'm out of ideas Micheal
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