=====Command cp===== This command is part of the [[CommandsPosix posix]] extensions and needs to be imported to be available to the shell. See [[CommandsPosix Posix Commands]] ====Name==== **cp** copies files ====Synopsis==== cp [options] file [file ...] target ===Options=== ||-f,-force|| Force copy even if target exists or is readonly.|| ||-r,-recurse|| recursive copy || ====Description==== If there are 2 or more source files or the target is a directory then files are copied to the target directory. If there are exactly 2 arguments and the target does not exist or is not a directory then the source ("file") is copied to the target file. if -r is specified and any of the source files are directories they are copied recursively to the target. ====Return Value==== Returns 0 if the command executed successfully, 1 if there was an error. ---- [[Commands]] [[CategoryCommands]] [[CommandsPosix]]