Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 21:12:50 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: BUG? mv dir/subdirs & cp -pRP Message-ID: <20020322210527.W18094-100000@66-75-1-142.san.rr.com>
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Has this been discussed already? Whenever I "mv <directory> /some/place/else/" it seems like the "cp -pRP" command that actually occurs does *not* preserve the last modified date and time for directories and subdirectories, but *does* do so for files. *-Ack!!-* Someone off-list told me that this looked like a bug because the mv command creates the directory with preserved/original modification info, but then the act of copying files (using preservation) into that new directory *changes* the directory's last modified info to "just now!" Shouldn't the mv binary somehow use mtime to fix this paradox? Windows' "move" did not feature (haha) this bug. Am I on to something here?? -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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