force file attributes
Micheal
sundance at sundanceloki.com
Fri Aug 6 05:58:36 UTC 2004
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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