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57 .Ar file1 ... fileN directory
68 The file(s) are copied
69 to the target file or directory.
70 If the destination is a directory, then the
74 with its original filename.
75 If the target file already exists, it is
83 An alternate backup suffix may be specified via the
87 The options are as follows:
88 .Bl -tag -width indent
90 Back up any existing files before overwriting them by renaming
95 for specifying a different backup suffix.
97 Specify the location of the /etc directory containing the group and password
98 files. The default is "/etc". If an alternative directory is specified
99 group and username lookups will be made from the alternative group and
100 password files rather than the system group and password files.
104 as the backup suffix if
109 If the target file already exists and the files are the same,
110 then don't change the modification time of the target.
113 This is actually the default.
116 option is only included for backwards compatibility.
119 Missing parent directories are created as required.
123 (top of the file hierarchy) that the items are installed into.
124 This option is implemented for compatibility with the
130 Specify the target's file flags; see
132 for a list of possible flags and their meanings.
135 A numeric GID is allowed.
139 option is specified and the owner or group cannot be found, fallback to
145 Specify an alternate mode.
146 The default mode is set to rwxr-xr-x (0755).
147 The specified mode may be either an octal or symbolic value; see
149 for a description of possible mode values.
152 A numeric UID is allowed.
154 Preserve the modification time.
155 Copy the file, as if the
157 (compare and copy) option is specified,
158 except if the target file doesn't already exist or is different,
159 then preserve the modification time of the file.
164 unlinks an existing target before installing the new file.
167 flag a temporary file is used and then renamed to be
169 The reason this is safer is that if the copy or
170 rename fails, the existing target is left untouched.
175 to strip binaries so that
177 can be portable over a large
178 number of systems and binary types.
183 showing files as they are installed or backed up.
188 preserves all file flags, with the exception of the
194 utility attempts to prevent moving a file onto itself.
198 creates an empty file.
200 .Bl -tag -width INS@XXXX -compact
204 option is specified, or the
208 option is used in conjunction with the
210 option, temporary files named
216 are created in the target directory.
223 moved files by default.
224 The default was changed to copy in
241 Temporary files may be left in the target directory if
245 File flags cannot be set by
247 over a NFS filesystem. Other filesystems do not have a concept of flags.
250 utility will only warn when flags could not be set on a filesystem
251 that does not support them.
257 falsely says a file is copied when