cp --update

stephen.r.gray_at_gmail.com
Date: 03/24/05 

Date: 24 Mar 2005 14:42:38 -0800

If I do:

cp -R --preserve=timestamps /dir1 /dir2

and then do:

cp -uR --preserve=timestamps /dir1 /dir2

The second command tries to copy files that have not been updated. The
timestamps are the same. The only difference is the permissions. Is
this the reason cp thinks these files have changed? I want cp to
ignore permissions and only look at the timestamp to determine if files
need to be updated.

Thanks for the help,
Stephen

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