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- CP
-
- Purpose
- copy files and directories
-
- Syntax
- cp [-fiv] [-] file file
- cp [-fiv] [-] file... dir
- cp [-fiv] -r [-] file|dir... dir
-
- Comments
- Cp copies files and, recursively, directories, to a single destination,
- which can be a drive specifier, a directory, or a filename. Cp sets the
- time and date of the destination files to the same values as on the
- original files.
-
- If a file which would be overwritten has the readonly attribute set, cp
- prints a warning message and reads a line from the standard input; if
- the line does not begin with 'y' or 'Y', the copy does not take place.
-
- Options
- - interpret all following arguments as filenames (used to copy
- files with names that start with a '-').
- -f force; don't quit if errors are encountered, override any readonly
- attributes, and don't display any error messages.
- -i interactive; ask whether to overwrite existing files.
- -r recursively copy arguments which are directories; if not
- specified, arguments which are directories are not copied.
- -v verbose; display the name of each file as it is copied.