file copy

[Peter Sakalaukus]

Is there a way to copy files on a unix machine where I can preserve
mode/ownership/timestamp info (as cp -p does)? I have looked in the
Camel book and the manpage but there does not seem to be ...


Thanks in advance ...Pete

 

[Paul Lalli]

Is there a way to copy files on a unix machine where I can preserve
mode/ownership/timestamp info (as cp -p does)? I have looked in the
Camel book and the manpage but there does not seem to be ...

Have a look at the module File::NCopy available on the CPAN. Make sure
you set the 'preserve' argument to 1.

(As a test, the following worked for me - the new file retained the
original's permissions and modification date)

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use File::NCopy;
my $file = File::NCopy->new('preserve'=>1);
$file->copy('test1.txt', 'test1.txt.bkp');

Paul Lalli

 

[Peter Sakalaukus]

Thanks Paul!

Have a look at the module File::NCopy available on the CPAN. Make sure
you set the 'preserve' argument to 1.

(As a test, the following worked for me - the new file retained the
original's permissions and modification date)

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use File::NCopy;
my $file = File::NCopy->new('preserve'=>1);
$file->copy('test1.txt', 'test1.txt.bkp');

Paul Lalli