On Mon, 01 Aug 2016 21:11:14 +1000, Karl Auer wrote: >The permissions in force when the wildcard expansion happens are >yours, not root's. Thank you! Another alternative would be to use a bashism, since e.g. $ sudo cp -rp /mnt/archlinux/.chuser/.home/.jwm{rc,foo} /tmp/ works. Regards, Ralf