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Wed Aug 26 10:00:38 CDT 2009 Slackware 13.0 x86_64 is released as stable! Thanks to everyone who helped make this release possible -- see the RELEASE_NOTES for the credits. The ISOs are off to the replicator. This time it will be a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD. We're taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com. Please consider picking up a copy to help support the project. Once again, thanks to the entire Slackware community for all the help testing and fixing things and offering suggestions during this development cycle. As always, have fun and enjoy! -P.
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<th colspan="3" align="center">Slackware Linux Essentials</th>
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<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="FILE-COMMANDS-COPYMOVE" name="FILE-COMMANDS-COPYMOVE">10.5 Copy
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and Move</a></h1>
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<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="FILE-COMMANDS-COPYMOVE-CP"
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name="FILE-COMMANDS-COPYMOVE-CP">10.5.1 <tt class="COMMAND">cp</tt></a></h2>
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<p><tt class="COMMAND">cp</tt>(1) copies files. DOS users will notice its similarity to
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the <tt class="COMMAND">copy</tt> command. There are many options for <tt
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class="COMMAND">cp</tt> , so you should have a look at the man page before using it.</p>
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<p>A common use is to use <tt class="COMMAND">cp</tt> to copy a file from one location to
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another. For example:</p>
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<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">cp hejaz /tmp</kbd>
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<p>This copies the <tt class="FILENAME">hejaz</tt> file from the current directory to the
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<p>Many users prefer to keep the timestamps preserved, as in this example:</p>
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<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">cp -a hejaz /tmp</kbd>
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<p>This ensures that the timestamps are not modified in the copy.</p>
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<p>To recursively copy the contents of a directory to another directory, you would issue
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this command:</p>
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<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">cp -R <var
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<p>That will copy the <var class="REPLACEABLE">mydir</var> directory to the <tt
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class="FILENAME">/tmp</tt> directory.</p>
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<p>Also if you wish to copy a directory or a file and keep all it's old permissions and
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time stamps and keep it exactly the same use <tt class="COMMAND">cp -p</tt>.</p>
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<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">ls -l file</kbd>
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root vlad 4 Jan 1 15:27 file
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<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">cp -p file /tmp</kbd>
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<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">ls -l /tmp/file</kbd>
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root vlad 4 Jan 1 15:27 file
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<p><tt class="COMMAND">cp</tt> has many more options that are discussed in detail in the
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online manual page.</p>
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<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN3712" name="AEN3712">10.5.2 <tt
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class="COMMAND">mv</tt></a></h2>
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<p><tt class="COMMAND">mv</tt>(1) moves files from one place to another. Sounds simple
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enough doesn't it?</p>
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<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">mv oldfile /tmp/newfile</kbd>
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<p><tt class="COMMAND">mv</tt> has a few useful command line options that are detailed in
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the man page. In practice, <tt class="COMMAND">mv</tt> is almost never used with
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