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| -rw-r--r-- | bin/cp/cp.1 | 23 |
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diff --git a/bin/cp/cp.1 b/bin/cp/cp.1 index 2c7d076211e..1d478e4a6a5 100644 --- a/bin/cp/cp.1 +++ b/bin/cp/cp.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: cp.1,v 1.12 1999/09/23 02:59:37 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: cp.1,v 1.13 1999/09/23 19:27:35 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: cp.1,v 1.9 1995/07/25 19:36:45 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994 @@ -183,6 +183,27 @@ command's actions are determined by the last one specified. The .Nm utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred. +.Sh EXAMPLES +Make a copy of file +.Pa foo +named +.Pa bar : +.Pp +.D1 Ic cp foo bar +.Pp +Copy a group of files to the +.Pa /tmp +directory: +.Pp +.D1 Ic cp *.txt /tmp +.Pp +Copy the directory +.Pa junk , +and all of its contents (including any subdirectories) to the +.Pa /tmp +directory: +.Pp +.D1 Ic cp -R junk /tmp .Sh COMPATIBILITY Historic versions of the .Nm |