How can I copy a file in Unix without altering its last modified time?
Problem
If I copy some file from some place to another using , the timestamp on the copied file is set to the time of the copy. Is there some way to avoid this? I need to copy files without altering their timestamps.
Error Output
cp
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Fix for: How can I copy a file in Unix without altering its last modified time?
does the trick. For Linux: same as For FreeBSD: Cause cp to preserve the following attributes of each source file in the copy: modification time, access time, file flags, file mode, ACL, user ID, and group ID, as allowed by permissions. And for OS X: Cause cp to preserve the following attributes of each source file in the copy: modification time, access time, file flags, file mode, user ID, and group ID, as allowed by permissions. Access Control Lists (ACLs) and Extended Attributes (EAs), inclu…
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