From 3d53e7fe1c31aa440cc9708c7c51db6b78c07653 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pádraig Brady Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:47:30 +0100 Subject: cp: change --attributes-only to not truncate existing files * src/copy.c (copy_reg): Don't truncate an existing file, to support copying attributes between existing files. The original use case only considered creating new files, and it would be a very unusual use case to be relying on the truncating behavior. * doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Mention the non truncating behavior. * tests/cp/attr-existing: A new test to ensure O_TRUNC skipped. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the change in behavior. --- tests/Makefile.am | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'tests/Makefile.am') diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am index 011051aa5..4d73a92b5 100644 --- a/tests/Makefile.am +++ b/tests/Makefile.am @@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ TESTS = \ chown/separator \ cp/abuse \ cp/acl \ + cp/attr-existing \ cp/backup-1 \ cp/backup-dir \ cp/backup-is-src \ -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf