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NAME
     cp - copy

SYNOPSIS
     cp [ -i ] [ -p ] filename1 filename2

     cp [ -i ] [ -p ] [ -r ] filename ... directory

DESCRIPTION
     Filename1 is copied onto filename2.  The mode and owner of
     filename2 are preserved if it already existed; otherwise the
     mode of the source file modified by the current umask is
     used.  The -p option causes cp to attempt to preserve
     (duplicate) in its copies the modification times and modes
     of the source files, ignoring the present umask.  Set uid
     bits are not preserved unless the -p option is used.

     In the second form, one or more filenames are copied into
     the directory with their original file-names.

     Cp refuses to copy a file onto itself.

OPTIONS
     -i  Cp will prompt the user with the name of the file
         whenever the copy will cause an old file to be
         overwritten. An answer of y will cause cp to continue.
         Any other answer will prevent it from overwriting the
         file.

     -p  Preserve the modification times and modes of the source
         files.

     -r  If any of the source files are directories, cp copies
         each subtree rooted at that name; in this case the
         destination must be a directory.

EXAMPLES
     The following invocation will copy all the files in the
     current directory beginning with the letters xyz to the
     directory mhl.

          cp xyz* mhl

RETURN VALUE
     [NO_ERRS]      Command completed without error.

     [USAGE]        Incorrect command line syntax. Execution
                    terminated.

     [NP_WARN]      An error warranting a warning message
                    occurred. Execution continues.




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     [P_WARN]       A system error occurred. Execution continues.
                    See intro(2) for more information on system
                    errors.

     [P_ERR]        A system error occurred. Execution
                    terminated.  See intro(2) for more
                    information on system errors.

CAVEATS
     Copying a directory without the -r option causes a file to
     be created which contains the same data as the directory,
     but which is not a directory. A warning is printed if this
     happens.

     The -i option for cp is not the same as that for rm.

SEE ALSO
     cat(1), cpio(1), mv(1), pr(1), rcp(1n), rm(1), sh(1sh).





































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