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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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