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Re: should a cp copied file retain original permissions?

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From: Sebastian Stark <seb-zsh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zzapper <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: should a cp copied file retain original permissions?
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:17:09 +0100
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Am 11.03.2010 um 16:08 schrieb zzapper:

> Hi
> zsh on cygwin on windows7
> 
> 
> I frequently find that a file created by a copy (cp) has lost its permissions 
> such that I need to chmod it to be able to edit it etc

yes, that's expected. Usually you use -p (standard) or -a (GNU) which does a bit more.

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