CP (I) 1/24/73 CP (I)





CP (I)                       1/24/73                       CP (I)





NAME            cp -- copy



SYNOPSIS        cp file  file
                       1     2


DESCRIPTION     The first file is copied onto the second.  The

                mode and owner of the target file are preserved

                if it already existed; the mode of the source

                file is used otherwise.



                If file  is a directory, then the target file is
                       2
                a file in that directory with the file-name of

                file .
                    1


FILES           --



SEE ALSO        cat(I), pr(I), mv(I)



DIAGNOSTICS     Error returns are checked at every system call,

                and appropriate diagnostics are produced.



BUGS            Copying a file onto itself destroys its contents.
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