CP(1-BSD)           RISC/os Reference Manual            CP(1-BSD)



NAME
     cp - copy

SYNOPSIS
     cp [ -ip ] file1 file2

     cp [ -ipr ] file ... directory

DESCRIPTION
     File1 is copied onto file2.  By default, the mode and owner
     of file2 are preserved if it already existed; otherwise the
     mode of the source file modified by the current umask(2) 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.

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

     cp refuses to copy a file onto itself.

     If the -i option is specified, 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.

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

SEE ALSO
     cat(1), mv(1), rcp(1C)






















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