[unix-history] / usr / man / man1 / cp.1

.TH CP 1 "1 April 1982"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
cp \- copy
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cp
[
.B \-i
] [
.B \-r
] file1 file2
.PP
.B cp
[
.B \-i
] [
.B \-r
] file ... directory
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I File1
is copied onto
.IR file2 .
The mode and owner of  
.I file2
are preserved if it already
existed; the mode of the source file
is used otherwise.
.PP
In the second form, one or more
.I files
are copied into the
.I directory
with their original file-names.
.PP
.I Cp
refuses to copy a file onto itself.
.PP
If the 
.B \-i
option is specified, 
.I 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 
.I cp
to continue. Any other answer will prevent it
from overwriting the file.
.PP
If the
.B \-r
option is specified and any of the source files are directories,
.I cp
copies each subtree rooted at that name; in this case
the destination must be a directory.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
cat(1), pr(1), mv(1)
Commit	Line	Data
ca5f4100 C	1	.TH CP 1 "1 April 1982"
	2	.UC 4
	3	.SH NAME
	4	cp \- copy
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.B cp
	7	[
	8	.B \-i
	9	] [
	10	.B \-r
	11	] file1 file2
	12	.PP
	13	.B cp
	14	[
	15	.B \-i
	16	] [
	17	.B \-r
	18	] file ... directory
	19	.SH DESCRIPTION
	20	.I File1
	21	is copied onto
	22	.IR file2 .
	23	The mode and owner of
	24	.I file2
	25	are preserved if it already
	26	existed; the mode of the source file
	27	is used otherwise.
	28	.PP
	29	In the second form, one or more
	30	.I files
	31	are copied into the
	32	.I directory
	33	with their original file-names.
	34	.PP
	35	.I Cp
	36	refuses to copy a file onto itself.
	37	.PP
	38	If the
	39	.B \-i
	40	option is specified,
	41	.I cp
	42	will prompt the user with the name of the file
	43	whenever the copy will cause an old file to be
	44	overwritten. An answer of 'y' will cause
	45	.I cp
	46	to continue. Any other answer will prevent it
	47	from overwriting the file.
	48	.PP
	49	If the
	50	.B \-r
	51	option is specified and any of the source files are directories,
	52	.I cp
	53	copies each subtree rooted at that name; in this case
	54	the destination must be a directory.
	55	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	56	cat(1), pr(1), mv(1)