diff --git a/scripts/cp_keep.sh b/scripts/cp_keep.sh
index 33da455..8d76b73 100755
--- a/scripts/cp_keep.sh
+++ b/scripts/cp_keep.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if [ "$count" -gt 1 ]; then {
     echo "$dst/$src_file already existed, new name: $fname_new"
 }; fi
 
-export cmd="cp \"$src_dir/$src_file\" \"$dst/$fname_new\""
+export cmd="cp -p \"$src_dir/$src_file\" \"$dst/$fname_new\""
 
 #echo $cmd;
 eval $cmd