From 7d8cc2cfed71e04bbf86618f622133c1de2780c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JackDandy <jackdandy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:20:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Use a subprocess and cp for copying files on posix systems to
 preserve file metadata.

---
 CHANGES.md           | 1 +
 sickbeard/helpers.py | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b3fe5ccd..40829690 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/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
diff --git a/sickbeard/helpers.py b/sickbeard/helpers.py
index 5bd9e717..ffd6b9e1 100644
--- a/sickbeard/helpers.py
+++ b/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: