Keeping owner info when moving a directory

linuxfia · 08-13-2008, 12:33 PM

I need to rename a directory.
ex) rename "bye" to "hello".
And I'd like to keep the owner:group (and the permissions as well if possible) info. of the "bye" directory and its contents after it's renamed to "hello".

Is this possible?

Thanks.

TB0ne · 08-13-2008, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linuxfia

I need to rename a directory.
ex) rename "bye" to "hello".
And I'd like to keep the owner:group (and the permissions as well if possible) info. of the "bye" directory and its contents after it's renamed to "hello".

Is this possible?

Yes. Check out the man page for cp. I think the --preserve option is what you're looking for.

linuxfia · 08-13-2008, 04:12 PM

Thanks, the --preserve flag worked like a charm.

chrism01 · 08-13-2008, 09:11 PM

What's wrong with 'mv' ?

linuxfia · 08-14-2008, 11:12 AM

Actually I needed to keep the old directory so used cp.
I should've said copy not rename in my post.