How to clone ownership and permissions from another file

  • Document ID:7014997
  • Creation Date:02-May-2014
  • Modified Date:02-May-2014
    • Micro Focus Products:
      GroupWise
      Open Enterprise Server
    • SUSE Products:
      SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Environment

Linux distribution OS

Situation

How to copy, transfer, move, clone ownership and permissions from one file to another.

Resolution

The following commands will clone or transfer ownership and permissions:
chown --reference=otherfile thisfile
chmod --reference=otherfile thisfile