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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''cp''' - used to copy files or directories from one location to another. Commonly-used flags include '''-r''' (recursive) and '''-p''' (preserve owner/group/timestamps as allowed). For example:<br /> <br /> ph34r# '''cp -rp /home/jimbo /home/dave'''<br /> <br /> Would copy the directory /home/jimbo and all of its contents to /home/dave, and preserve ownership, group ownership, and file modification timestamps on everything copied. NOTE: -p is generally useless unless you are running under [[root]] context; in most cases only root can arbitrarily set ownership and access times at will.<br /> <br /> Compare [[mv]].<br /> <br /> [[Category:System Commands]]</div>

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