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Re: [Bug-gnulib] addition: copy-file.h, copy-file.c
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [Bug-gnulib] addition: copy-file.h, copy-file.c |
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17 Feb 2003 17:24:06 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.3 |
Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:
> I hope it's not getting boring. Here is a module to copy a regular
> file. No bells and whistles; only the modification time is copied too.
Also the access time and the Unix permissions; but ACLs and
owner/group are not preserved.
I'm a bit leery of calling this function "copy_file", since it does
things other than copying the file. There are many options here, and
I'm not sure it's wise to usurp the name "copy_file" for just one way
of copying files.
Whatever its name, perhaps the function should take another argument
specifing exactly which metadata should be copied?