Re: First timer: Finder Copy vs. cp
Re: First timer: Finder Copy vs. cp
- Subject: Re: First timer: Finder Copy vs. cp
- From: Dan Shoop <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:20:47 -0400
At 1:03 PM -0700 8/10/06, Terry Lambert wrote:
On Aug 9, 2006, at 4:16 PM, Jeffrey Ellis wrote:
Hi, Terry--
Wow... I saw a list of everything cp does, and you're right. It looks like
it does everything.
Okay, so I guess this is my next question. If cp does everything, why would
anyone use ditto? I always thought that was used because of it's ability to
copy resource forks.
Personally, I don't use ditto... I expect it's a matter of personal
preference, and what you're used to using.
Ideally it should be a matter of choosing the tool (or combination of
tools) that copy the metadata you're interested in rather than
choosing one or another for religious reasons and just
hoping/assuming it copies what you need.
Unfortunatley there seems to be a lack of understanding by users,
sysadmins and even Apple engineering as to what tools copy what
metatdata. And then there's the philosophical issue as to what each
tool /should/ be copying. While it's understandable, from a
philosophical standpoint, that if you copy a file it might be
considered a new entity and shouldn't maintain, say ACLs, creation
dates, Finder Attributes and other metadata are arguably expected by
most Mac users.
--
-dhan
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