cp(1)

cp(1)

To copy all ®les and directory subtrees in sourcedir to targetdir, use:

cp -rsourcedir/* targetdir

Note that directory pathnames can precede both sourcedir and targetdir.

To create a zero-length ®le, use any of the following:

cat /dev/null >®le cp /dev/null ®le touch ®le

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DEPENDENCIES

NFS

Access control lists of networked ®les are summarized (as returned in st_mode by stat()), but not copied to the new ®le. When using mv or ln on such ®les, a + is not printed after the mode value when asking for permission to overwrite a ®le.

AUTHOR

cp was developed by AT&T, the University of California, Berkeley, and HP.

SEE ALSO

cpio(1), ln(1), mv(1), rm(1), link(1M), lstat(2), readlink(2), stat(2), symlink(2), symlink(4), acl(5), aclv(5).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

cp: SVID2, SVID3, XPG2, XPG3, XPG4, POSIX.2

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HP-UX Release 11i: December 2000