Commands by tcfusion (1)

  • copy ACL of one file to another using getfacl and setfacl

    If you copy windows file in e.g. cygwin the ACL might miss on the copied file. With this command you can copy the ACL of an existing file to another. WARNING: Existing ACL will get lost. Show Sample Output


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    getfacl <file-with-acl> | setfacl -f - <file-with-no-acl>
    tcfusion · 2009-12-08 22:56:35 1

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