From e737f17513a5f642d43ecf857121d13ad20ee76c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jake Gustafson <7557867+poikilos@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 15:09:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Copy the timestamp etc. by switching to copy2.

---
 forwardfilesync.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/forwardfilesync.py b/forwardfilesync.py
index ed3080c..dfd06d1 100644
--- a/forwardfilesync.py
+++ b/forwardfilesync.py
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ def update_tree(src, dst, level=0, do_trim=False, dot_hidden=False,
                 elif sub_mt > dst_sub_mt:
                     mode = ">"
                 elif sub_mt < dst_sub_mt:
+                    # mode = "<"
+                    # Don't set any mode, or the newer file will be overwritten!
                     print(indent + CMD_COMMENT
                           + "WARNING: \"{}\" is newer on destination!"
                           "".format(dst_sub_path))
@@ -112,7 +114,8 @@ def update_tree(src, dst, level=0, do_trim=False, dot_hidden=False,
                             print(indent + CMD_CP + "update:")
                         print(indent + CMD_CP + " \"{}\" \"{}\""
                               "".format(sub_path, dst_sub_path))
-                    shutil.copyfile(sub_path, dst_sub_path)
+                    # shutil.copyfile(sub_path, dst_sub_path)
+                    shutil.copy2(sub_path, dst_sub_path)
                 except PermissionError:
                     print(indent + CMD_COMMENT + "PermissionError:")
                     print(indent + CMD_COMMENT + "    {} \"{}\" \"{}\""