.TH PCP 1P "22 June 1983"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
pcp \- copy files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pcp
[\fB\-i\fR] file1 file2
.PP
.B pcp
[\fB\-i\fR] file ... dirname
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Pcp
copies
.I file1
onto
.I file2.
The mode and owner of
.I file2
are preserved if it already exists, otherwise the mode of the source file
is used.
.PP
In the second form, one or more
.I files
are copied into
.I dirname
with their original file names.
.PP
.I File
and
.I dirname
may be either regular or project pathnames. However, because
.I pcp
interprets both
.I file
and
.I dirname
arguments as project pathnames, if
.I file
matchs the name of a project directory within the same project, then
.I pcp
will print the error message `pcp: can't copy project directory
.I file',
unless
.I file
is disguised as ./\fIfile\fR.
.PP
.I Pcp
blindly overwrites existing files unless the
.B \-i
option is specified.
.PP
.I Pcp
refuses to copy a file onto itself.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP \fB\-i\fR
Interactive mode.
.I Pcp
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
.I pcp
to continue. Any other answer will prevent it from overwriting the file
.SH "SEE ALSO"
cp(1)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status 0 is normal. Exit status 1 indicates an error.
.SH AUTHOR
Peter J. Nicklin