TH CP 1
SH NAME
cp, mv \- copy, move files
SH SYNOPSIS
B cp
[
B -x
]
I file1 file2
br
B cp
[
B -x
]
I file ... directory
PP
B mv
I file1 file2
br
B mv
I file ... directory
SH DESCRIPTION
In the first form
I file1
is any name and
I file2
is any name except an existing directory.
In the second form the commands
copy or move one or more
I files
into a
I directory
under their original file names, as if by a sequence of
commands in the first form.
Thus
L "cp f1 f2 dir
is equivalent to
LR "cp f1 dir/f1; cp f2 dir/f2" .
PP
I Cp
copies the contents of plain
I file1
to
IR file2 .
The mode and owner of
I file2
are preserved if it already
exists; the mode of
I file1
is used otherwise.
The
B -x
option sets the mode and modified time of
I file2
from
IR file1 .
PP
I Mv
moves
I file1
to
IR file2 .
If the files are in the same directory,
I file1
is just renamed;
otherwise
I mv
behaves like
I cp \-x
followed by
B rm
IR file1 .
I Mv
will rename directories,
but it refuses to move a directory into another directory.
SH SOURCE
B /sys/src/cmd/cp.c
br
B /sys/src/cmd/mv.c
SH "SEE ALSO"
IR cat (1),
IR stat (2)
SH DIAGNOSTICS
I Cp
and
I mv
refuse to copy or move files onto themselves.
