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1.1     ! root        1: .TH CP 1 
        !             2: .CT 1 files
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: cp, mv, ln, reccp \- copy, move, or link files
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B cp
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B -z
        !             9: ]
        !            10: .I file1 file2
        !            11: .br
        !            12: .B cp
        !            13: [
        !            14: .B -z
        !            15: ]
        !            16: .I file ... directory
        !            17: .PP
        !            18: .B mv
        !            19: [
        !            20: .B -f
        !            21: ]
        !            22: .I file1 file2
        !            23: .br
        !            24: .B mv
        !            25: [
        !            26: .B -f
        !            27: ]
        !            28: .I file ... directory
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: .B ln
        !            31: [
        !            32: .B -s
        !            33: ]
        !            34: .I file1 file2
        !            35: .br
        !            36: .B ln
        !            37: [
        !            38: .B -s
        !            39: ]
        !            40: .I file ... directory
        !            41: .PP
        !            42: .B reccp
        !            43: [
        !            44: .B -z
        !            45: ]
        !            46: .I file1 file2
        !            47: .br
        !            48: .B reccp
        !            49: [
        !            50: .B -z
        !            51: ]
        !            52: .I file ... directory
        !            53: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            54: In the first form of each command,
        !            55: .I file1
        !            56: is any name and
        !            57: .I file2
        !            58: is any name except an existing directory.
        !            59: In the second form the command
        !            60: copies, moves, or links one or more
        !            61: .I files
        !            62: into a
        !            63: .I directory
        !            64: under their original filenames, as if by a sequence of 
        !            65: commands in the first form.
        !            66: Thus
        !            67: .L "mv f1 f2 dir
        !            68: is equivalent to
        !            69: .LR "mv f1 dir/f1; mv f2 dir/f2" .
        !            70: .PP
        !            71: .I Cp
        !            72: copies the contents of plain
        !            73: .I file1
        !            74: to
        !            75: .IR file2 .
        !            76: The mode and owner of  
        !            77: .I file2
        !            78: are preserved if it already
        !            79: exists; the mode of
        !            80: .I file1
        !            81: is used otherwise.
        !            82: .PP
        !            83: .I Mv
        !            84: moves
        !            85: .I file1
        !            86: to
        !            87: .IR file2 .
        !            88: If the two files are in the same file system, the name
        !            89: .I file1
        !            90: is simply changed to
        !            91: .IR file2 ;
        !            92: if they are in different file systems,
        !            93: .I file1
        !            94: is copied and then removed.
        !            95: If
        !            96: .I file2
        !            97: already exists, it is removed before
        !            98: .I file1
        !            99: is moved.
        !           100: In this case the mode of
        !           101: .I file2
        !           102: is reported if it
        !           103: is not writable and the standard input is a terminal.
        !           104: Respond
        !           105: .L y 
        !           106: (and newline) to permit removal.
        !           107: .PP
        !           108: .I Ln
        !           109: links plain
        !           110: .I file1
        !           111: and
        !           112: .IR file2 .
        !           113: .I File2
        !           114: becomes an alternate name for, and is otherwise
        !           115: identical to,
        !           116: .I file1.
        !           117: .I File2
        !           118: must be in the same file system as
        !           119: .I file1
        !           120: and must not already exist.
        !           121: .PP
        !           122: .I Reccp
        !           123: copies plain files like
        !           124: .I cp,
        !           125: but copies directories and their contents recursively.
        !           126: It attempts to duplicate linkage and dates.
        !           127: When run by the super-user, it preserves ownership
        !           128: and copies device files as device files.
        !           129: .PP
        !           130: The options are:
        !           131: .TP
        !           132: .B -z
        !           133: Preserve `holes'; see
        !           134: .IR lseek (2).
        !           135: .TP
        !           136: .B -f
        !           137: Forcibly remove
        !           138: .IR file2 
        !           139: without asking.
        !           140: .TP
        !           141: .B -s
        !           142: Make symbolic links:
        !           143: record the (arbitrary) name
        !           144: .I file1
        !           145: in 
        !           146: .I file2.
        !           147: Except in special cases, such as
        !           148: .IR rm (1)
        !           149: and
        !           150: .I lstat
        !           151: (see
        !           152: .IR stat (2)),
        !           153: subsequent references to 
        !           154: .I file2
        !           155: are treated as references to
        !           156: .IR file1 .
        !           157: See
        !           158: .IR link (2)
        !           159: for details.
        !           160: .SH EXAMPLES
        !           161: .TP
        !           162: .B mkdir /usr1/ken; cp /usr/ken/* /usr1/ken
        !           163: Place in 
        !           164: .B /usr1/ken
        !           165: copies of all files from
        !           166: .BR /usr/ken .
        !           167: .TP
        !           168: .B reccp /usr/ken /usr1
        !           169: .br
        !           170: .ns
        !           171: .TP
        !           172: .B mkdir /usr1/ken; reccp /usr/ken/* /usr1/ken
        !           173: Two ways to duplicate in
        !           174: .B /usr1/ken
        !           175: the whole file hierarchy from
        !           176: .BR /usr/ken .
        !           177: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           178: .IR cat (1),
        !           179: .IR link (2),
        !           180: .IR stat (2),
        !           181: .IR push (1),
        !           182: .IR uucp (1),
        !           183: .IR rcp (1),
        !           184: .IR cpio (1)
        !           185: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !           186: .I Cp,
        !           187: .I mv,
        !           188: and
        !           189: .I reccp
        !           190: refuse to copy or move files onto themselves or directories into themselves.
        !           191: .SH BUGS
        !           192: .I Mv
        !           193: to a different file system is imperfect: if
        !           194: .I file1
        !           195: is a plain file links to it are broken; if it is a
        !           196: directory, nothing happens.

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