T o n g <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com> writes: > cp -a, or rsync -a, or cpio normally preserve the source attribute and > set the destination attribute accordingly. Now my question is, is there > any way for me to preserve the destination attribute and disregard the > source attribute. Any way to make it possible, cp/rsync/cpio or something > else? touch -r dst /tmp/ref && cp src dst && touch -r /tmp/ref dst urs