cpio misunderstanding?

[Polytropon]

On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 19:57:41 -0500, Joe Kraft <jvk-list at thekrafts.org> wrote:
> I don't quite get why this works this way though.  I understand the 
> immutable flag will keep the file itself from being changed, deleted or 
> moved.  But I don't see in any documentation that the immutable flag will 
> not allow a file to be copied. 

It *may* have to do something with the updating of the access
time (atime) of a file by the cpio program?



> I did note that when using the 'cp' command 
> it cleared the immutable bit on the new file instead of keeping it, but at 
> least it makes the copy.

The schg flag has to be set on the destination file manually.
It won't be copied by the cp command.



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