-p option in man and help [Was: Rsync / SSH / Cygwin .. permission problems..]

Lapo Luchini lapo at lapo.it
Sat May 31 19:51:25 EST 2003


jw schultz wrote:

>On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 09:48:47AM +0200, Lapo Luchini wrote:
>  
>
>>Actually it seems to me the opposite: it has perms also without -p... 
>>maybe it is the default?
>>    
>>
>Without -p new files get perms of source as modified by
>umask.
>
Ohhh.
Maybe it's just me, but wouldn't
-        -p, --perms                 preserve permissions
+        -p, --perms                 preserve permissions (do not filter 
them by umask)
be good for people that don't know it?

Lapo

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