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If I copy a file with Explorer or from the command line, the permissions get lost.
John Savill
March 4, 1999
1 Min Read
A. The only time a file keeps it permissions if is it is moved on the same partition. If it is copied it inherits the protection of the owning directory (a move across drives is a copy and delete). Also FAT does not support permissions so anything copied to FAT will lose protections.
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