How can I copy a file in Unix without altering its last modified time?

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00:28 Accepted answer (Score 127)
01:44 Answer 2 (Score 20)
02:22 Answer 3 (Score 15)
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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/114195/h...

Accepted answer links:
[For Linux]: http://www.unix.com/man-page/Linux/1/cp/
[For FreeBSD]: http://www.unix.com/man-page/FreeBSD/1/c.../
[for OS X]: http://www.unix.com/man-page/OSX/1/cp/
[to which for macOS the birth time can be added using explicit formatting]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3412...

Answer 2 links:
[GNU Coreutils]: http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ma...

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