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Mon Apr 25 13:37:00 UTC 2011 Slackware 13.37 x86_64 stable is released! Thanks to everyone who pitched in on this release: the Slackware team, the folks producing upstream code, and linuxquestions.org for providing a great forum for collaboration and testing. The ISOs are off to be replicated, a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD. Please consider supporting the Slackware project by picking up a copy from store.slackware.com. We're taking pre-orders now, and offer a discount if you sign up for a subscription. As always, thanks to the Slackware community for testing, suggestions, and feedback. :-) Have fun!
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<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="FILE-COMMANDS-COPYMOVE" name="FILE-COMMANDS-COPYMOVE">10.5 Copy
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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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<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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<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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-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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<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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<p><tt class="COMMAND">mv</tt> has a few useful command line options that are detailed in
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