Re: file permissions: setting like another file

Hello, > I LOOK FOR A COMMAND THAT SETS THE PERMISSIONS OF ONE FILE LIKE THE > PERMISSIONS > OF ANOTHER FILE. Oh please don't shout. > This is analogous to the touch command that sets the timestamps of one file > like another file, > touch -r file-template file-target OK, I did apropos m

Re: file permissions: setting like another file

On Sun, Nov 22, 1998 at 5:39PM -0500, Jameson Burt wrote: > This is analogous to the touch command that sets the timestamps of one file > like another file, > touch -r file-template file-target > > Of course, one can go through machinations like >cp -p file-template file-target >cp