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1.1       root        1: .TH CP 1 "1 April 1982"
                      2: .UC 4
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: cp \- copy
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B cp
                      7: [
                      8: .B \-i
                      9: ] [
                     10: .B \-r
                     11: ] file1 file2
                     12: .PP
                     13: .B cp
                     14: [
                     15: .B \-i
                     16: ] [
                     17: .B \-r
                     18: ] file ... directory
                     19: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     20: .I File1
                     21: is copied onto
                     22: .IR file2 .
                     23: The mode and owner of  
                     24: .I file2
                     25: are preserved if it already
                     26: existed; the mode of the source file
                     27: is used otherwise.
                     28: .PP
                     29: In the second form, one or more
                     30: .I files
                     31: are copied into the
                     32: .I directory
                     33: with their original file-names.
                     34: .PP
                     35: .I Cp
                     36: refuses to copy a file onto itself.
                     37: .PP
                     38: If the 
                     39: .B \-i
                     40: option is specified, 
                     41: .I cp
                     42: will prompt the user with the name of the file
                     43: whenever the copy will cause an old file to be
                     44: overwritten. An answer of 'y' will cause 
                     45: .I cp
                     46: to continue. Any other answer will prevent it
                     47: from overwriting the file.
                     48: .PP
                     49: If the
                     50: .B \-r
                     51: option is specified and any of the source files are directories,
                     52: .I cp
                     53: copies each subtree rooted at that name; in this case
                     54: the destination must be a directory.
                     55: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     56: cat(1), pr(1), mv(1)

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