>> - it can't help modifying atimes or ctimes

>> It does exist, though; it's called tar.

> Cpio with the -a flag will re-modify the atimes to what they were,
> though this of course changes the ctime.

Ditto for GNU tar's --preserve-atime (I think) flag.  That's why I said
"or ctimes". :-)

It's also why my tar knows how to go direct-to-disk for file contents.

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