GNU bug report logs - #31712
cp --attributes-only

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: kalle <kalle <at> projektwerkstatt.de>

Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 13:23:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

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From: kalle <kalle <at> projektwerkstatt.de>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: cp --attributes-only
Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 09:54:18 +0200

hello,
I have coreutils 8.26
and the option

cp --attributes only FILE OTHERFILE

correctly doesn't copy the content of FILE,
but the modification time of OTHERFILE is the actual date, whereas I
understood that it should be the same as in FILE.

kalle
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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: kalle <kalle <at> projektwerkstatt.de>, 31712 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31712: cp --attributes-only
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2018 16:38:47 -0700

tag 31712 notabug
close 31712
stop

On 19/05/18 00:54, kalle wrote:
> hello,
> I have coreutils 8.26
> and the option
> 
> cp --attributes only FILE OTHERFILE
> 
> correctly doesn't copy the content of FILE,
> but the modification time of OTHERFILE is the actual date, whereas I
> understood that it should be the same as in FILE.

You need to also specify -a, as per the documentation:

‘--attributes-only’
     Copy only the specified attributes of the source file to the
     destination.  If the destination already exists, do not alter its
     contents.  See the ‘--preserve’ option for controlling which
     attributes to copy.

thanks,
Pádraig
Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 10 Jun 2018 23:39:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 31712 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and kalle <kalle <at> projektwerkstatt.de> Request was from Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 10 Jun 2018 23:39:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 09 Jul 2018 11:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug unarchived. Request was from kalle <kalle <at> projektwerkstatt.de> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 06 Aug 2018 08:16:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: kalle <kalle <at> projektwerkstatt.de>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>,
 control <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 31712 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31712: cp --attributes-only
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 10:21:23 +0200

unarchive 31712
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From: kalle <kalle <at> projektwerkstatt.de>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>,
 control <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 31712 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31712: cp --attributes-only
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 10:22:20 +0200

Am 11.06.2018 um 01:38 schrieb Pádraig Brady:> On 19/05/18 00:54, kalle
wrote:
>> hello,
>> I have coreutils 8.26
>> and the option
>>
>> cp --attributes only FILE OTHERFILE
>>
>> correctly doesn't copy the content of FILE,
>> but the modification time of OTHERFILE is the actual date, whereas I
>> understood that it should be the same as in FILE.
> 
> You need to also specify -a, as per the documentation:
> 
> ‘--attributes-only’
>      Copy only the specified attributes of the source file to the
>      destination.  If the destination already exists, do not alter its
>      contents.  See the ‘--preserve’ option for controlling which
>      attributes to copy.
>
> thanks,
> Pádraig
> 

Sorry, but I just don't see any note here, requiring the use of `-a'.
kalle
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 03 Sep 2018 11:24:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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