cp.1 (1125B)
1 .Dd 2015-10-08 2 .Dt CP 1 3 .Os sbase 4 .Sh NAME 5 .Nm cp 6 .Nd copy files and directories 7 .Sh SYNOPSIS 8 .Nm 9 .Op Fl afpv 10 .Oo 11 .Fl R 12 .Op Fl H | L | P 13 .Oc 14 .Ar source ... 15 .Ar dest 16 .Sh DESCRIPTION 17 .Nm 18 copies 19 .Ar source 20 to 21 .Ar dest . 22 If more than one 23 .Ar source 24 is given 25 .Ar dest 26 has to be a directory. 27 .Sh OPTIONS 28 .Bl -tag -width Ds 29 .It Fl a 30 Preserve block devices, character devices, sockets and FIFOs. 31 Implies 32 .Fl p , 33 .Fl P 34 and 35 .Fl R . 36 .It Fl f 37 If an existing 38 .Ar dest 39 cannot be opened, remove it and try again. 40 .It Fl p 41 Preserve mode, timestamp and permissions. 42 .It Fl v 43 Write "'source' -> 'dest'" for each 44 .Ar source 45 to stdout. 46 .It Fl H 47 Dereference 48 .Ar source 49 if it is a symbolic link. 50 .It Fl L 51 Dereference all symbolic links. 52 This is the default without 53 .Fl R . 54 .It Fl P 55 Preserve symbolic links. 56 This is the default with 57 .Fl R . 58 .It Fl R 59 Traverse directories recursively. 60 If this flag is not specified, directories are not copied. 61 .El 62 .Sh SEE ALSO 63 .Xr mv 1 64 .Sh STANDARDS 65 The 66 .Nm 67 utility is compliant with the 68 .St -p1003.1-2013 69 specification except from the 70 .Op Fl i 71 flag. 72 .Pp 73 The 74 .Op Fl av 75 flags are an extension to that specification.