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On 18/09/2014 00:54, Joseph wrote: |
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> I like to use meld to copy file but meld does now preserve ownership of |
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> the file that it copy. |
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> rsyc does but how do I use rysnc to copy let say file that are newer |
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> then certain date ? |
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> I was trying to use: |
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> find /home/myuser/oldir/* -mtime -60 -exec cp {} /home/myuser/newdir/ \; |
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> but cp does not preserve file ownership either. |
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Basic Unix principle: |
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Only root can do it because a regular user cannot chown an object |
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cp -a |
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or |
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cp -pr |
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> I was planning on copying hylafax-files (faxes) from one server to |
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> another and most of those files have ownership "uucp:60002 or "uucp:uucp" |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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