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author | Johan Karlsson <johan@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-07-23 00:42:56 +0000 |
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committer | Johan Karlsson <johan@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-07-23 00:42:56 +0000 |
commit | 786c276fe46c293542910ed7293d638aca352f42 (patch) | |
tree | 49671495a38f4cacd1e75c9f73f7e469e9ee79ec /bin/cp/cp.1 | |
parent | 61a875d706aa6542436c2b262b873763d3dbc5a9 (diff) | |
download | src-786c276fe46c293542910ed7293d638aca352f42.tar.gz src-786c276fe46c293542910ed7293d638aca352f42.zip |
Add the -n option, which automatically answers "no" to the overwrite question.
PR: 7828
Suggested by: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
Approved by: sheldonh (mentor)
MFC after: 2 weeks
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=100538
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/cp/cp.1')
-rw-r--r-- | bin/cp/cp.1 | 21 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bin/cp/cp.1 b/bin/cp/cp.1 index c682ae188f00..5c83a9acf246 100644 --- a/bin/cp/cp.1 +++ b/bin/cp/cp.1 @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ .Fl R .Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P .Oc -.Op Fl f | i +.Op Fl f | i | n .Op Fl pv .Ar source_file target_file .Nm @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ .Fl R .Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P .Oc -.Op Fl f | i +.Op Fl f | i | n .Op Fl pv .Ar source_file ... target_directory .Sh DESCRIPTION @@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ regardless of its permissions. .Fl f option overrides any previous .Fl i +or +.Fl n options.) .It Fl i Cause @@ -136,6 +138,17 @@ the file copy is attempted. .Fl i option overrides any previous .Fl f +or +.Fl n +options.) +.It Fl n +Do not overwriting an existing file. +(The +.Fl n +option overrides any previous +.Fl f +or +.Fl i options.) .It Fl p Cause @@ -226,7 +239,9 @@ or fifo's. .Pp The .Fl v -option is non-standard and its use in scripts is not recommended. +and +.Fl n +options are non-standard and their use in scripts is not recommended. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr mv 1 , .Xr rcp 1 , |