Cisco Systems 1.0 (1) User Manual

Cisco Support Tools 1.0 User Guide 

How to Use the CP Utility   215 

The options for CP are: 

-i

: ask for confirmation before overwriting each destination file. 

-f:

 copy the file, don't ask for confirmation even if it will overwrite a file marked 

Read-Only. 

-p:

 preserve the source attributes and last modified date and time for the 

destination file. This is the default. To turn if off use -p-. 

-r:

 recursively copy all of the files and subdirectories specified by the filename, 

including the named directory. 

-v:

 print out status as the cp progresses. 

-d:

 preserve the directory structure of the specified files (which must all be specified 

with relative paths) when placing them in the specified directory. For example, 'cp -
d foo\bar\baz otherdir

' will make the directories otherdir\foo and 

otherdir\bar

 if necessary, then copy foo\bar\baz to otherdir\foo\bar\baz. 

-?

: Display program description. 

Note: If the environment variable CP exists, its value is used to establish default 
options. 

Note: You can override an option that was specified in the environment variable by 
following the option with a minus '-' sign. For example, to turn off the -i option, 
specify -i-. 

Note: The order of options f and i is significant: the one specified last determines 
whether a confirmation is requested. 

For related information, see: 

About Common Utilities