From owner-freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Tue Aug 27 22:10:56 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E882C9585 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:10:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46J33h03Znz4Pwq for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:10:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 0012EC9584; Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:10:56 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: bugs@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3F27C9583 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:10:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46J33g65MMz4Pwm for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:10:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:1d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B08AC25543 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:10:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.5]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id x7RMAtek016497 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:10:55 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: (from www@localhost) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id x7RMAtAm016496 for bugs@FreeBSD.org; Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:10:55 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: kenobi.freebsd.org: www set sender to bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org using -f From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 240157] cp has no ability to preserve extended attributes when copying a file Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:10:55 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: bin X-Bugzilla-Version: CURRENT X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Many People X-Bugzilla-Who: sean@rogue-research.com X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: bug_id short_desc product version rep_platform op_sys bug_status bug_severity priority component assigned_to reporter Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:10:56 -0000 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D240157 Bug ID: 240157 Summary: cp has no ability to preserve extended attributes when copying a file Product: Base System Version: CURRENT Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: sean@rogue-research.com I was very surprised to see that neither 'cp -p' nor 'cp -a' preserve the extended attributes of a file. example: root@freenas[/test]# lsextattr user A.txt=20 A.txt DosStream.com.apple.TextEncoding:$DATA DosStream.AFP_Resource:$DAT= A=20=20=20 DosStream.AFP_AfpInfo:$DATA DOSATTRIB=20=20=20=20=20=20 DosStream.com.apple.lastuseddate#PS:$DATA root@freenas[/test]# cp -a A.txt A2.txt=20=20=20=20=20=20 root@freenas[/test]# lsextattr user A2.txt A2.txt EAs sometimes contain important data, and there should surely be some kind = of option to preserve them when copying a file. In contrast, macOS's cp -p does preserve EAs. See also #240146 for related bug against the cp man page for saying nothing. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=