must Linux really change file-date when copying?
 

Hi all,

In SuSe-10.1 everytime I copy a file the file-date changes to become the current date/time. This is very annoying.

Is there something (environment switch maybe?) that I can set to stop the file-date from changing?

tia

Sasie

Are you using Gnome(Nautilus) or KDE(Konqueror) to copy the files?

Updating the file timestamp is cp standard behavior. If you use the command line, add the "-p" option to the cp command to preserve it.

There are three date type file attributes: Creation date, last access, and last modified. Between those three you probably have everything you need, even if cp changes the last access date and time.

Creation timestamp isn't something required to be stored by a standard compliant UNIX, so there are very few filesystems, if any, that actually allow it.

True, I have never seen creation time stored.

For cp, I use cp -a which is an alias for cp -dpR

to answer Sepero's Q:

***** I am using KDE (Konqueror) *****

can it be made to not change displayed file when copying files?