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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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