usr/man/cat1/cp.0



CP(1)               UNIX Programmer's Manual                CP(1)


N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
     cp - copy

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
     c\bcp\bp [ -\b-i\bip\bp ] file1 file2

     c\bcp\bp [ -\b-i\bip\bpr\br ] file ... directory

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
     _\bF_\bi_\bl_\be_\b1 is copied onto _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b2.  By default, the mode and owner
     of _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b2 are preserved if it already existed; otherwise the
     mode of the source file modified by the current _\bu_\bm_\ba_\bs_\bk(2) is
     used.  The -\b-p\bp option causes _\bc_\bp to attempt to preserve
     (duplicate) in its copies the modification times and modes
     of the source files, ignoring the present _\bu_\bm_\ba_\bs_\bk.

     In the second form, one or more _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\bs are copied into the
     _\bd_\bi_\br_\be_\bc_\bt_\bo_\br_\by with their original file-names.

     _\bC_\bp refuses to copy a file onto itself.

     If the -\b-i\bi option is specified, _\bc_\bp 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 _\bc_\bp to
     continue. Any other answer will prevent it from overwriting
     the file.

     If the -\b-r\br option is specified and any of the source files
     are directories, _\bc_\bp copies each subtree rooted at that name;
     in this case the destination must be a directory.

S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
     cat(1), mv(1), rcp(1C)


Printed 7/9/88            June 8, 1985                          1