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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/copy.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c index 33e47418f..1d61b1d36 100644 --- a/src/copy.c +++ b/src/copy.c @@ -1278,7 +1278,6 @@ copy_internal (const char *src_path, const char *dst_path, #ifdef S_ISLNK if (S_ISLNK (src_type)) { - preserve_metadata = 0; char *src_link_val = xreadlink (src_path); if (src_link_val == NULL) { @@ -1313,6 +1312,9 @@ copy_internal (const char *src_path, const char *dst_path, } } + /* There's no need to preserve timestamps or permissions. */ + preserve_metadata = 0; + if (x->preserve_ownership) { /* Preserve the owner and group of the just-`copied' |