public inbox for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
Search results ordered by [date|relevance]  view[summary|nested|Atom feed]
thread overview below | download: 
* Re: [gentoo-user] Filetimestamp needed by emerge ?
  @ 2006-04-21 10:22 99% ` Neil Bothwick
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 1+ results
From: Neil Bothwick @ 2006-04-21 10:22 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 466 bytes --]

On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 05:35:51 +0200 (CEST), Meino Christian Cramer wrote:

>  I want to cp -a /usr/portage to another partition to make room on /
> 
>  When I will do this, all files of the portage directory will get
>  a new and nearly identical timestamp.

No they won't. -a includes -p, which preserves timestamps. If you are
really concerned about an identical copy, use rsync.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.

[-- Attachment #2: signature.asc --]
[-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 191 bytes --]

^ permalink raw reply	[relevance 99%]

Results 1-1 of 1 | reverse | options above
-- pct% links below jump to the message on this page, permalinks otherwise --
2006-04-21  3:35     [gentoo-user] Filetimestamp needed by emerge ? Meino Christian Cramer
2006-04-21 10:22 99% ` Neil Bothwick

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox