[cs631apue] About File Mode

[Jan Schaumann]

Yuxi Wang <ywang286 at stevens.edu> wrote:
 
> Should the target file have the same properties as the source file, like cp -p?

Don't even think about '-p', but just consider the
normal case - what permissions should a file have that
you have copied?  What would you expect as a user?

> What should bbcp be like when the source file is a soft/hard link?

What does cp(1) do in those cases?  What do you think
it should do?

-Jan