9 Apr
2000
9 Apr
'00
7:17 p.m.
On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Robert Johannes wrote:
Forgive my ignorance on this matter, but I'm really curious how cp and tar modify the data when you use them to copy or transfer data? What about cpio, doesn't it modify data, even a single bit?
Could anyone give details as to how/why this happens?
Unix's umask springs to mind -- it's caught me out once or twice on a straight tar | tar copy.
-Ronan