Re: copying a file with appropriate permission

[Devon <devon tuxfan homeip net>]

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On Wednesday 31 October 2001 04:43 am, muthupandi radisoft com wrote:
> how to copy a file with appropriate permission in linux. instead of
> move.
>
> my problem is i want to copy all the users mails(var/spool/mail/*)into
> a new hdd. if i cp the files it is changing the permission to root. i
> don't want to mv.

cp -a should do what you want.

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