From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 04:58:26 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (struct cp_options): New field: require_preserve.
X-Git-Tag: TEXTUTILS-1_22c~305
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7bff8c9b501a02a553067a53e259cb265942ca0e;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

(struct cp_options): New field: require_preserve.
---

diff --git a/src/copy.h b/src/copy.h
index 7bbe88d80f..c8cfb99281 100644
--- a/src/copy.h
+++ b/src/copy.h
@@ -49,10 +49,15 @@ struct cp_options
      on different filesystems from the one we started on. */
   int one_file_system;
 
-  /* If nonzero, give the copies the original files' permissions,
+  /* If nonzero, attempt to give the copies the original files' permissions,
      ownership, and timestamps. */
   int preserve;
 
+  /* If nonzero and any of the above (for preserve) file attributes cannot
+     be applied to a destination file, treat it as a failure.  E.g.  cp -p
+     requires this be nonzero, mv requires it be zero.  */
+  int require_preserve;
+
   /* If nonzero, copy directories recursively and copy special files
      as themselves rather than copying their contents. */
   int recursive;