[techtalk] Time stamps on copies of files

Erin Clarke blue at web.net
Fri Oct 13 14:40:04 EST 2000


cp -p <file> <file.copy>

-p to preserve original file info (permissions, ownership, 
date, etc.)

man cp for more!

Erin  8)

On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 10:27:12AM -0700, Katherine Macey wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone know how I can copy a file and keep the original time stamp (ie,
> not the time at which it was copied, but when the original was last
> modified)?




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