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.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
.\" Copyright (c) 1992, X/Open Company Limited All Rights Reserved
.\" Portions Copyright (c) 2007, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved
.\" Copyright 2013 Nexenta Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
.\"
-.TH CP 1 "Apr 15, 2013"
+.TH CP 1 "May 17, 2020"
.SH NAME
cp \- copy files
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.LP
.nf
\fB/usr/bin/cp\fR [\fB-afip@/\fR] \fIsource_file\fR \fItarget_file\fR
.fi
.LP
@@ -88,12 +87,10 @@
.nf
\fB/usr/xpg4/bin/cp\fR [\fB-R\fR | \fB-R\fR [\fB-H\fR | \fB-L\fR | \fB-P\fR]] [\fB-afip@/\fR] \fIsource_dir\fR... \fItarget\fR
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.sp
-.LP
In the first synopsis form, neither \fIsource_file\fR nor \fItarget_file\fR are
directory files, nor can they have the same name. The \fBcp\fR utility copies
the contents of \fIsource_file\fR to the destination path named by
\fItarget_file\fR. If \fItarget_file\fR exists, \fBcp\fR overwrites its
contents, but the mode (and \fBACL\fR if applicable), owner, and group
@@ -119,12 +116,10 @@
In the third or fourth synopsis forms, one or more directories specified by
\fIsource_dir\fR are copied to the directory specified by \fItarget\fR. Either
the \fB-r\fR or \fB-R\fR must be specified. For each \fIsource_dir\fR, \fBcp\fR
copies all files and subdirectories.
.SH OPTIONS
-.sp
-.LP
The following options are supported for both \fB/usr/bin/cp\fR and
\fB/usr/xpg4/bin/cp\fR:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
@@ -270,12 +265,10 @@
.LP
Specifying more than one of the mutually-exclusive options \fB-H\fR, \fB-L\fR,
and \fB-P\fR is not considered an error. The last option specified determines
the behavior of the utility.
.SS "/usr/bin/cp"
-.sp
-.LP
If the \fB-p\fR option is specified with either the \fB-@\fR option or the
\fB-/\fR option, \fB/usr/bin/cp\fR behaves as follows
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
@@ -289,14 +282,12 @@
.el o
When both \fB-p\fR and \fB-/\fR are specified in any order, the copy fails if
extended system attributes cannot be copied.
.RE
.SS "/usr/xpg4/bin/cp"
-.sp
-.LP
If the \fB-p\fR option is specified with either the \fB-@\fR option or the
-\fB-/\fR option, /\fBusr/xpg4/bin/cp\fR behaves as follows:
+\fB-/\fR option, \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/cp\fR behaves as follows:
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
When both \fB-p\fR and \fB-@\fR are specified, the last option specified
@@ -309,12 +300,10 @@
When both \fB-p\fR and \fB-/\fR are specified, the last option specified
determines whether the copy fails if extended system attributes cannot be
preserved.
.RE
.SH OPERANDS
-.sp
-.LP
The following operands are supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fIsource_file\fR\fR
@@ -350,16 +339,13 @@
.RS 15n
A pathname of a directory to contain the copied files.
.RE
.SH USAGE
-.sp
-.LP
See \fBlargefile\fR(5) for the description of the behavior of \fBcp\fR when
encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2^31 bytes).
.SH EXAMPLES
-.LP
\fBExample 1 \fRCopying a File
.sp
.LP
The following example copies a file:
@@ -460,12 +446,10 @@
.fi
.in -2
.sp
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
-.sp
-.LP
See \fBenviron\fR(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
that affect the execution of \fBcp\fR: \fBLANG\fR, \fBLC_ALL\fR,
\fBLC_COLLATE\fR, \fBLC_CTYPE\fR, \fBLC_MESSAGES\fR, and \fBNLSPATH\fR.
.sp
.LP
@@ -476,12 +460,10 @@
elements used in the expression defined for \fByesexpr\fR. The locale specified
in \fBLC_CTYPE\fR determines the locale for interpretation of sequences of
bytes of text data a characters, the behavior of character classes used in the
expression defined for the \fByesexpr\fR. See \fBlocale\fR(5).
.SH EXIT STATUS
-.sp
-.LP
The following exit values are returned:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB0\fR\fR
@@ -498,17 +480,12 @@
.RS 6n
An error occurred.
.RE
.SH ATTRIBUTES
-.sp
-.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.SS "/usr/bin/cp"
-.sp
-
-.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
@@ -517,13 +494,10 @@
_
Interface Stability Committed
.TE
.SS "/usr/xpg4/bin/cp"
-.sp
-
-.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
@@ -532,18 +506,14 @@
_
Interface Stability Committed
.TE
.SH SEE ALSO
-.sp
-.LP
\fBchmod\fR(1), \fBchown\fR(1), \fBsetfacl\fR(1), \fButime\fR(2),
\fBfgetattr\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBenviron\fR(5), \fBfsattr\fR(5),
\fBlargefile\fR(5), \fBlocale\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)
.SH NOTES
-.sp
-.LP
The permission modes of the source file are preserved in the copy.
.sp
.LP
A \fB--\fR permits the user to mark the end of any command line options
explicitly, thus allowing \fBcp\fR to recognize filename arguments that begin