Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lsuc.UUCP Path: utzoo!lsuc!msb From: msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: The Visible Cat Message-ID: <477@lsuc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 18:28:43 EST Article-I.D.: lsuc.477 Posted: Mon Mar 4 18:28:43 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 18:57:47 EST References: <8794@brl-tgr.ARPA> Reply-To: msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader) Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto Lines: 6 Summary: cat != cp > ... As I said, we can get rid of `cp' by using `catto'. Nope. cp copies the permissions as well as the contents, if it creates the destination file. There's no other easy way to copy permissions. Mark Brader