Merge pull request #181 from JackDandy/feature/AddPosixCpFile

Use a subprocess and cp for copying files on posix systems to preserve f...

CHANGES.md

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 * Change indicate when not sorting with article by dimming ("The", "A", "An") on Show List, Episode, History,
   Mass Update, Add with Browse and from Existing views
 * Add Emby notifier to config/Notifications
+* Use a subprocess and cp for copying files on posix systems to preserve file metadata
 * Fix alternative unicode show names from breaking search
 * Change show update, set shows with newly added airdate or existing episodes with future or never dates, to "Wanted"
 * Fix rare NameParser case where numeric episode name was parsed as episode number

sickbeard/helpers.py

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import time
 import traceback
 import urlparse
 import uuid
+import subprocess
 
 import adba
 import requests
@@ -286,7 +287,11 @@ def listMediaFiles(path):
 
 
 def copyFile(srcFile, destFile):
-    ek.ek(shutil.copyfile, srcFile, destFile)
+    if os.name.startswith('posix'):
+        subprocess.call(['cp', srcFile, destFile])
+    else:
+        ek.ek(shutil.copyfile, srcFile, destFile)
+
     try:
         ek.ek(shutil.copymode, srcFile, destFile)
     except OSError: