cp.1 (845B)
1 .TH CP 1 sbase\-VERSION 2 .SH NAME 3 cp \- copy files and directories 4 .SH SYNOPSIS 5 .B cp 6 .RB [ \-Rr ] 7 .I file 8 .RI [ name ] 9 .P 10 .B cp 11 .RB [ \-aPpRrv ] 12 .RI [ file ...] 13 .RI [ directory ] 14 .SH DESCRIPTION 15 .B cp 16 copies a given file, naming it the given name. If multiple files are listed 17 they will be copied into the given directory. 18 .SH OPTIONS 19 .TP 20 .B \-a 21 preserve mode, timestamp, links and permissions. 22 Implies \-d, \-p, \-r. 23 .TP 24 .B \-P 25 don't dereference symbolic links. 26 .TP 27 .B \-p 28 preserve mode, timestamp and permissions. 29 .TP 30 .B \-f 31 if an existing destination file cannot be opened, remove it and try again. 32 .TP 33 .B \-R 34 equivalent to -r. 35 .TP 36 .B \-r 37 copies directories recursively. If this flag is not specified, directories are 38 not copied. 39 .TP 40 .B \-v 41 print names of source and destination per file to stdout. In the format: 42 "source \-> destination".