David Faure wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Mar 19, 2000 at 07:02:56PM +0100, Werner Trobin wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Is there any possibility to copy files and not to change
> > the timestamp? (i.e. to backup CVS sources that I don't
> > have to download them again)
> 
> cp -a, no ?
> -a is -dpR, and -p is preserver file attributes if possible

You could also "tar" the files.

Harri.