On 2012-11-18 02:52 +0100, T o n g wrote: > 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? Should be doable with cp using suitable --no-preserve=… options. Cheers, Sven