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== Description == | == Description == | ||
Latest revision as of 12:03, 22 September 2017
cp is a Unix command for copying files and directories.
Description
The command has three principal modes of operation, expressed by the types of arguments:
- Copying a file to another file
- Copying one or more files to a directory
- Copying entire directories to another directory
The utility further accepts various command line option flags to detail the operations performed.
The two major specifications are POSIX cp and GNU cp.
GNU cp has many additional options over the POSIX version.
See also
External links
- cp (Unix) @ Wikipedia
- http://www.computerhope.com/unix/ucp.htm
