CP(1)                                                                    CP(1)



NAME
       cp - copy

SYNOPSIS
       cp [ -ip ] file1 file2

       cp [ -ipr ] file ... directory

DESCRIPTION
       _F_i_l_e_1  is  copied  onto _f_i_l_e_2.  By default, the mode and owner of _f_i_l_e_2
       are preserved if it already existed; otherwise the mode of  the  source
       file modified by the current _u_m_a_s_k(2) is used.  The -p option causes _c_p
       to attempt to preserve (duplicate) in its copies the modification times
       and modes of the source files, ignoring the present _u_m_a_s_k.

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

       _C_p refuses to copy a file onto itself.

       If the -i option is specified, _c_p 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 _c_p 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 directo‐
       ries, _c_p copies each subtree rooted at that name; in this case the des‐
       tination must be a directory.

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



4th Berkeley Distribution        June 8, 1985                            CP(1)