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60 .Ar file1 ... fileN directory
70 The file(s) are copied
71 to the target file or directory.
72 If the destination is a directory, then the
76 with its original filename.
77 If the target file already exists, it is
85 An alternate backup suffix may be specified via the
89 The options are as follows:
90 .Bl -tag -width indent
92 Back up any existing files before overwriting them by renaming
97 for specifying a different backup suffix.
99 Specify the location of the /etc directory containing the group and password
100 files. The default is "/etc". If an alternative directory is specified
101 group and username lookups will be made from the alternative group and
102 password files rather than the system group and password files.
106 as the backup suffix if
111 If the target file already exists and the files are the same,
112 then don't change the modification time of the target.
115 This is actually the default.
118 option is only included for backwards compatibility.
121 Missing parent directories are created as required.
123 Specify the target's file flags; see
125 for a list of possible flags and their meanings.
128 A numeric GID is allowed.
132 option is specified and the owner or group cannot be found, fallback to
138 Specify an alternate mode.
139 The default mode is set to rwxr-xr-x (0755).
140 The specified mode may be either an octal or symbolic value; see
142 for a description of possible mode values.
145 A numeric UID is allowed.
147 Preserve the modification time.
148 Copy the file, as if the
150 (compare and copy) option is specified,
151 except if the target file doesn't already exist or is different,
152 then preserve the modification time of the file.
157 unlinks an existing target before installing the new file.
160 flag a temporary file is used and then renamed to be
162 The reason this is safer is that if the copy or
163 rename fails, the existing target is left untouched.
168 to strip binaries so that
170 can be portable over a large
171 number of systems and binary types.
176 showing files as they are installed or backed up.
181 preserves all file flags, with the exception of the
187 utility attempts to prevent moving a file onto itself.
191 creates an empty file.
193 .Bl -tag -width INS@XXXX -compact
197 option is specified, or the
201 option is used in conjunction with the
203 option, temporary files named
209 are created in the target directory.
216 moved files by default.
217 The default was changed to copy in
234 Temporary files may be left in the target directory if
238 File flags cannot be set by
240 over a NFS filesystem. Other filesystems do not have a concept of flags.
243 utility will only warn when flags could not be set on a filesystem
244 that does not support them.
250 falsely says a file is copied when