Index: trunk/ippScripts/scripts/minidvodb_merge.pl
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--- trunk/ippScripts/scripts/minidvodb_merge.pl	(revision 28298)
+++ trunk/ippScripts/scripts/minidvodb_merge.pl	(revision 28311)
@@ -171,5 +171,5 @@
             if ($this_is_the_first) {
 		
-		$merge_command = "cp -rp $minidvodb/* $mergedvodb";
+		$merge_command = "rsync -rvat $minidvodb/* $mergedvodb";
 	    } else {
                 $merge_command = "$dvomerge $minidvodb into $mergedvodb";