If you create a backup file, that backup file will have its own
creation date.
Well, that's wrong then. A Backup /must be/ identical to the source
in every possible respect otherwise it can not be used to properly
restore said file to it's original state.
I can see reasons for both ways.
cp, tar, and friends would "create" a copy (a different creation date)
To preserve creation date, one would use a filesystem dump(8)/restore
(8) utility.
I see that Mac OS X has dump/restore from FreeBSD. I have not yet
used this facility for HFS+ volumes. Does it preserve the all the
attributes/metadata/whatever? Creation times?
- boyd
Boyd Waters
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Socorro, New Mexico
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