Re: Perl cp -p?

DrWhy,
Have you taken a look at File::NCopy? The set_permission and preserve thingies look interesting though I have to admit I didn't try it out.

Cheers - L~R

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Re^2: Perl cp -p? by DrWhy (Chaplain) on Aug 20, 2004 at 22:43 UTC
I tried it and it seems to work on my Solaris box/Perl 5.6.1: Here's some test code if anyone is interested: `use File::NCopy; $c = new File::NCopy(preserve => 1); $c->copy("test", "test2");` [download] This code successfully preserved permissions, group, and modified/access times. Presumably owner would also be preserved, but I'm not running as root so didn't bother to test that. Without `preserve => 1`, permissions are still preserved but the other stuff isn't. Thanks, L~R. -- DrWhy	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^2: Perl cp -p?
by DrWhy (Chaplain) on Aug 20, 2004 at 22:43 UTC

use File::NCopy; 
$c = new File::NCopy(preserve => 1); 
$c->copy("test", "test2");
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This code successfully preserved permissions, group, and modified/access times. Presumably owner would also be preserved, but I'm not running as root so didn't bother to test that. Without preserve => 1, permissions are still preserved but the other stuff isn't.

Thanks, L~R.

-- DrWhy

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