copy file and change permission

ust · 06-18-2012, 04:59 AM

I would like to copy a file to another path , can advise how can the file owner is not changed but change the permission to 666 ( the file is 644 originally ) , is there a single command can do that ?

thx

414N · 06-18-2012, 05:05 AM

You can change what attributes to preserve or not using the cp options --preserve and --no-preserve, but I don't think you can set arbitrary permissions on the fly.
For that you'd need chmod.

ust · 06-18-2012, 05:30 AM

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Originally Posted by 414N

You can change what attributes to preserve or not using the cp options --preserve and --no-preserve, but I don't think you can set arbitrary permissions on the fly.
For that you'd need chmod.

thx reply ,

that mean I must run two command to do that ?

ps. as I will run cron job to do it so I prefer one single command .

thx

414N · 06-18-2012, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ust

ps. as I will run cron job to do it so I prefer one single command .

thx

You can put all the commands required inside a single script and then launch it via a cron job...

VDP76 · 06-18-2012, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ust

ps. as I will run cron job to do it so I prefer one single command

what about the syntax

Code:

command_1 && command_2

!?

in that way if command_1 fails, command_2 won't be executed.

pixellany · 06-18-2012, 09:01 AM

and of course you can just string the commands together on one line:

command1; command2; command3