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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-11-28 03:20:37 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-11-28 03:20:37 +0000
commit9bb6028fe02a280e61b8f862f447486ce6b5f72a (patch)
treeebd1056cace973776cd01330a93779596980ef88 /bin/cp
parenteecdb9deb4317c0e37ed8d58ba92503563912fed (diff)
start killing redundant .Nm macro arguments (mandoc ``remembers'' the first one
it's given)
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/cp')
-rw-r--r--bin/cp/cp.124
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/bin/cp/cp.1 b/bin/cp/cp.1
index 2d4b3a2a09f..0dd20a17f52 100644
--- a/bin/cp/cp.1
+++ b/bin/cp/cp.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: cp.1,v 1.4 1998/09/14 22:13:37 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: cp.1,v 1.5 1998/11/28 03:20:31 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: cp.1,v 1.9 1995/07/25 19:36:45 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@
.Nm cp
.Nd copy files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm cp
+.Nm
.Oo
.Fl R
.Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P
.Oc
.Op Fl fip
.Ar source_file target_file
-.Nm cp
+.Nm
.Oo
.Fl R
.Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
.Ar source_file ... target_directory
.Sh DESCRIPTION
In the first synopsis form, the
-.Nm cp
+.Nm
utility copies the contents of the
.Ar source_file
to the
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ are copied to the destination
.Ar target_directory .
The names of the files themselves are not changed.
If
-.Nm cp
+.Nm
detects an attempt to copy a file to itself, the copy will fail.
.Pp
The following options are available:
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ option is specified, no symbolic links are followed.
If
.Ar source_file
designates a directory,
-.Nm cp
+.Nm
copies the directory and the entire subtree connected at that point.
This option also causes symbolic links to be copied, rather than
indirected through, and for
-.Nm cp
+.Nm
to create special files rather than copying them as normal files.
Created directories have the same mode as the corresponding source
directory, unmodified by the process's umask.
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ option is ignored if the
option is specified.)
.It Fl i
Causes
-.Nm cp
+.Nm
to write a prompt to the standard error output before copying a file
that would overwrite an existing file.
If the response from the standard input begins with the character
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ If the response from the standard input begins with the character
the file copy is attempted.
.It Fl p
Causes
-.Nm cp
+.Nm
to preserve in the copy as many of the modification time, access time,
file flags, file mode, user ID, and group ID as allowed by permissions.
.Pp
@@ -190,11 +190,11 @@ In addition, these options override each other and the
command's actions are determined by the last one specified.
.Pp
The
-.Nm cp
+.Nm
utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
Historic versions of the
-.Nm cp
+.Nm
utility had a
.Fl r
option.
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ or FIFOs.
.Xr symlink 7
.Sh STANDARDS
The
-.Nm cp
+.Nm
utility is expected to be
.St -p1003.2
compatible.