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.th CP I 2/8/75
.sh  NAME
cp \*- copy
.sh SYNOPSIS
.bd cp
file1 file2
.sh DESCRIPTION
The
first file is copied onto the second.
The mode and owner of the target file
are preserved if it already
existed; the mode of the source file
is used otherwise.
.s3
If
.it file2
is a directory, then the target 
file is a file in that directory with the file-name
of
.it file1.
.s3
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Note that it would be impossible to copy a locked file to another
locked file since only one locked file is allowed per process.
You can however copy a locked file to a new file and it will retain
the locking mode.
.mc
.s3
It is forbidden to copy a file onto itself.
.sh "SEE ALSO"
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cat (I), copy (I), cpall (I), pr (I), mv (I), mvall (I), locking(II)
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.sh BUGS