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CP(I)                        5/15/74                        CP(I)







NAME

     cp - copy



SYNOPSIS

     cp [ -t ] file1 file2



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 file2 is a directory, then the target file is a  file  in

     that directory with the file-name of file1.



     No one is quite sure what the flag -t does.



SEE ALSO

     cat (I), pr (I), mv (I)



BUGS

     Copying a file onto itself destroys its contents.