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   David Catterall to stepore   
   Re: dragging and dropping backup not goi   
   09 Sep 22 10:54:12   
   
   From: djcatt@eircom.net   
      
   On 09/09/2022 04:08, stepore wrote:   
      
   > Stop doing that. Use rsync or something similar that's actually made for   
   > this type of work.   
      
   I stopped doing that when I found that it messed up modification dates   
   and permissions. At the very least you need to use cp or rsync with the   
   -a option.   
      
   D.   
      
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