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On Monday 17 Jun 2013 08:25:08 Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: |
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> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Peter Humphrey |
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> <peter@××××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> > On Monday 17 Jun 2013 07:00:35 Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: |
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> >> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Florian Philipp |
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> >> <lists@×××××××××××.net> |
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> > wrote: |
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> >> > Do you mean something like `cp --attributes-only`? |
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> >> Nop, wouldn't do the job, because `cp --attributes-only` requires |
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> >> a target file system, ... |
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> > You could always cp to /dev/null. |
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> Sorry I don't follow... What does imply to "cp to /dev/null", and |
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> what would be the outcome of that? |
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/dev/null would be the target file system you referred to. It's a bottomless |
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empty pit, so no physically real copy would be made. |
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Peter |
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