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@(#)cp.1 6.2 (Berkeley) 06/08/85
All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement
specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
@(#)cp.1 6.2 (Berkeley) 06/08/85
CP 1 ""
C 4 NAME
cp - copy
SYNOPSIS
cp [
-ip ] file1 file2
cp [ -ipr ] file ... directory
DESCRIPTION
File1 is copied onto
file2 . By default, the mode and owner of
file2 are preserved if it already
existed; otherwise the mode of the source file modified by the current
umask (2) is used. The
-p option causes
cp to attempt to preserve (duplicate) in its copies the modification
times and modes of the source files, ignoring the present
umask . In the second form, one or more files are copied into the directory with their original file-names.
Cp refuses to copy a file onto itself.
If the -i option is specified, cp will prompt the user with the name of the file whenever the copy will cause an old file to be overwritten. An answer of 'y' will cause cp to continue. Any other answer will prevent it from overwriting the file.
If the -r option is specified and any of the source files are directories, cp copies each subtree rooted at that name; in this case the destination must be a directory.
"SEE ALSO"
cat(1), mv(1), rcp(1C)