NAME
cp - copy

SYNOPSIS
cp [ -ip ] file1 file2

cp [ -ipr ] file ... directory

DESCRIPTION
File1 is copied onto file2. By default, the mode and owner of
file2 are preserved if it already existed; otherwise the mode of
the source file modified by the current umask(2) is used. The -p
option causes cp to attempt to preserve (duplicate) in its copies
the modification times and modes of the source files, ignoring the
present umask.

In the second form, one or more files are copied into the directory
with their original file-names.

Cp refuses to copy a file onto itself.

If the -i option is specified, cp will prompt the user with the
name of the file whenever the copy will cause an old file to be
overwritten. An answer of ’y’ will cause cp to continue. Any other
answer will prevent it from overwriting the file.

If the -r option is specified and any of the source files are
directories, cp copies each subtree rooted at that name; in this
case the destination must be a directory.

SEE ALSO
cat(1), mv(1), rcp(1)