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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)cp.1        6.2 (Berkeley) 6/8/85
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH CP 1 "June 8, 1985"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: cp \- copy
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B cp
        !            13: [
        !            14: .B \-ip
        !            15: ] file1 file2
        !            16: .PP
        !            17: .B cp
        !            18: [
        !            19: .B \-ipr
        !            20: ] file ... directory
        !            21: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            22: .I File1
        !            23: is copied onto
        !            24: .IR file2 .
        !            25: By default, the mode and owner of  
        !            26: .I file2
        !            27: are preserved if it already
        !            28: existed; otherwise the mode of the source file modified by the current
        !            29: .IR umask (2)
        !            30: is used.  The
        !            31: .B \-p
        !            32: option causes
        !            33: .I cp
        !            34: to attempt to preserve (duplicate) in its copies the modification
        !            35: times and modes of the source files, ignoring the present
        !            36: .IR umask .
        !            37: .PP
        !            38: In the second form, one or more
        !            39: .I files
        !            40: are copied into the
        !            41: .I directory
        !            42: with their original file-names.
        !            43: .PP
        !            44: .I Cp
        !            45: refuses to copy a file onto itself.
        !            46: .PP
        !            47: If the 
        !            48: .B \-i
        !            49: option is specified, 
        !            50: .I cp
        !            51: will prompt the user with the name of the file
        !            52: whenever the copy will cause an old file to be
        !            53: overwritten. An answer of 'y' will cause 
        !            54: .I cp
        !            55: to continue. Any other answer will prevent it
        !            56: from overwriting the file.
        !            57: .PP
        !            58: If the
        !            59: .B \-r
        !            60: option is specified and any of the source files are directories,
        !            61: .I cp
        !            62: copies each subtree rooted at that name; in this case
        !            63: the destination must be a directory.
        !            64: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            65: cat(1), mv(1), rcp(1C)

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