Cisco Systems 1.0 (1) manual Command Line Options

Command Line Options

The options for CP are:

-i: ask for confirmation before overwriting each destination file.

-f:copy the file, don't ask for confirmation even if it will overwrite a file marked Read-Only.

-p:preserve the source attributes and last modified date and time for the destination file. This is the default. To turn if off use -p-.

-r:recursively copy all of the files and subdirectories specified by the filename, including the named directory.

-v:print out status as the cp progresses.

-d:preserve the directory structure of the specified files (which must all be specified with relative paths) when placing them in the specified directory. For example, 'cp -

dfoo\bar\baz otherdir' will make the directories otherdir\foo and otherdir\bar if necessary, then copy foo\bar\baz to otherdir\foo\bar\baz.

-?: Display program description.

Note: If the environment variable CP exists, its value is used to establish default options.

Note: You can override an option that was specified in the environment variable by following the option with a minus '-' sign. For example, to turn off the -ioption, specify -i-.

Note: The order of options f and i is significant: the one specified last determines whether a confirmation is requested.

See Also

For related information, see:

About Common Utilities

Cisco Support Tools 1.0 User Guide How to Use the CP Utility 215