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Do not document the non-standard -r flag as it is highly discouraged. It is still silently accepted and treated the same as -R.
56 lines
1.1 KiB
Groff
56 lines
1.1 KiB
Groff
.Dd February 17, 2015
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.Dt CP 1
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.Os sbase
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm cp
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.Nd copy files and directories
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl afpv
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.Oo
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.Fl R
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.Op Fl H | L | P
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.Oc
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.Op Ar file ...
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.Op Ar directory
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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copies a given
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.Ar file ,
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naming it the given
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.Ar name .
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If multiple
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.Ar files
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are listed
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they will be copied into the given
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.Ar directory .
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.Sh OPTIONS
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl a
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Preserve mode, timestamp, links and permissions. Implies
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.Fl d ,
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.Fl p
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and
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.Fl r .
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.It Fl f
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If an existing destination file cannot be opened, remove it and try again.
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.It Fl p
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Preserve mode, timestamp and permissions.
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.It Fl v
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Print names of source and destination per file to stdout. In the format:
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"source \-> destination".
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.It Fl R
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Copies directories recursively. If this flag is not specified, directories
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are not copied.
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.It Fl H
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Only dereference symbolic links that are passed as command line arguments when
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recursively traversing directories.
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.It Fl L
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Always dereference symbolic links while recursively traversing directories
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(default).
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.It Fl P
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Don't dereference symbolic links.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr mv 1
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