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1.1       root        1: .TH PCP 1P "22 June 1983"
                      2: .UC 4
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: pcp \- copy files
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B pcp
                      7: [\fB\-i\fR] file1 file2
                      8: .PP
                      9: .B pcp
                     10: [\fB\-i\fR] file ... dirname
                     11: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     12: .I Pcp
                     13: copies
                     14: .I file1
                     15: onto
                     16: .I file2.
                     17: The mode and owner of
                     18: .I file2
                     19: are preserved if it already exists, otherwise the mode of the source file
                     20: is used.
                     21: .PP
                     22: In the second form, one or more
                     23: .I files
                     24: are copied into
                     25: .I dirname
                     26: with their original file names.
                     27: .PP
                     28: .I File
                     29: and
                     30: .I dirname
                     31: may be either regular or project pathnames. However, because
                     32: .I pcp
                     33: interprets both
                     34: .I file
                     35: and
                     36: .I dirname
                     37: arguments as project pathnames, if
                     38: .I file
                     39: matchs the name of a project directory within the same project, then
                     40: .I pcp
                     41: will print the error message `pcp: can't copy project directory
                     42: .I file',
                     43: unless
                     44: .I file
                     45: is disguised as ./\fIfile\fR.
                     46: .PP
                     47: .I Pcp
                     48: blindly overwrites existing files unless the
                     49: .B \-i
                     50: option is specified.
                     51: .PP
                     52: .I Pcp
                     53: refuses to copy a file onto itself.
                     54: .SH OPTIONS
                     55: .IP \fB\-i\fR
                     56: Interactive mode.
                     57: .I Pcp
                     58: will prompt the user with the name of the file whenever the copy will cause
                     59: an old file to be overwritten. An answer of `y' will cause
                     60: .I pcp
                     61: to continue. Any other answer will prevent it from overwriting the file
                     62: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     63: cp(1)
                     64: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     65: Exit status 0 is normal. Exit status 1 indicates an error.
                     66: .SH AUTHOR
                     67: Peter J. Nicklin

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