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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: OT: copying & timestamps
From:       Harri Porten <porten () tu-harburg ! de>
Date:       2000-03-19 18:54:38
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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.

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