Index: /branches/neb_distrib_20081210/Nebulous/bin/neb-replicate
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--- /branches/neb_distrib_20081210/Nebulous/bin/neb-replicate	(revision 23567)
+++ /branches/neb_distrib_20081210/Nebulous/bin/neb-replicate	(revision 23568)
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@
     'volume|v=s'    => \$volume,
     'copies|c=i'    => \$copies,
+    'set_copies=i'  => \$set_copies,
 ) || pod2usage( 2 );
 
@@ -44,4 +45,5 @@
     unless defined $neb;
 
+# XXX if replicate fails, we should still set user.copies (if requested)
 for (my $i = 0; $i < $copies; $i++) {
     if (defined $volume) {
@@ -54,4 +56,7 @@
 }
 
+if (defined $set_copies && $set_copies) {
+    write_xattrs($neb, $key, "user.copies:$set_copies") or die;
+}
 
 __END__