Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 05:07:48 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Joe Kraft <jvk-list@thekrafts.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cpio misunderstanding? Message-ID: <20101225050748.7b75781c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <if3fi6$2k4$1@dough.gmane.org> References: <if2rdo$tk5$1@dough.gmane.org> <201012242042.21257.ken@mthelicon.com> <if3fi6$2k4$1@dough.gmane.org>
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On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 19:57:41 -0500, Joe Kraft <jvk-list@thekrafts.org> wrote: > I don't quite get why this works this way though. I understand the > immutable flag will keep the file itself from being changed, deleted or > moved. But I don't see in any documentation that the immutable flag will > not allow a file to be copied. It *may* have to do something with the updating of the access time (atime) of a file by the cpio program? > I did note that when using the 'cp' command > it cleared the immutable bit on the new file instead of keeping it, but at > least it makes the copy. The schg flag has to be set on the destination file manually. It won't be copied by the cp command. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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