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# 272461 02-Oct-2014 gjb

Copy stable/10@r272459 to releng/10.1 as part of
the 10.1-RELEASE process.

Approved by: re (implicit)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation

# 256281 10-Oct-2013 gjb

Copy head (r256279) to stable/10 as part of the 10.0-RELEASE cycle.

Approved by: re (implicit)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation


# 248342 15-Mar-2013 joel

Add a few examples.

Obtained from: OpenBSD


# 240088 04-Sep-2012 trasz

Explicitly mention that "cp -p" copies ACLs.

PR: docs/168962
MFC after: 1 month


# 202461 17-Jan-2010 gavin

Implement an "-x" option to cp(1), for compatibility with Linux and
feature parity with du(1) and similar: When set, cp(1) will not traverse
mount points.

Initial patch by: Graham J Lee leeg teaching.physics.ox.ac.uk

PR: bin/88056
Initial patch by: Graham J Lee leeg teaching.physics.ox.ac.uk
Approved by: ed (mentor)
MFC after: 1 month


# 177036 10-Mar-2008 jhb

Add an '-a' option which is identical to specifying '-RpP' for
compatibility with other implementations.

MFC after: 1 month


# 163919 02-Nov-2006 ceri

Fix typo.


# 163716 27-Oct-2006 trhodes

Wording nits.


# 163666 24-Oct-2006 trhodes

Flesh out the compatibility section a little bit. Bump doc date.


# 163109 07-Oct-2006 trhodes

Make -r a synonym for -R, similar to behavior on Linux while being backwards
compatible with old -r behavior with regards to -L. You can now copy fifos
and other special files with -r.

Reviewed by: -standards (long ago), das, bde
Approved by: bde (recently)


# 161608 25-Aug-2006 ru

- Fix options order.
- Touch manpage's document date.


# 161586 24-Aug-2006 julian

Add an option to allow copying of a hierarchy while linking he regular files.
Bikeshedded to death on: hackers
Submitted by:andersonatcenttech.com
MFC in: 1 month


# 142412 24-Feb-2005 trhodes

Fix a few markup nits in previous commit.

Noticed by: ru, who else? :)


# 142346 23-Feb-2005 trhodes

Note how cp(1) handles directories ending in "/."

PR: 75774
Submitted by: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> (original version)


# 140353 16-Jan-2005 ru

Add the new standard EXIT STATUS section where appropriate.
Sort standard sections in the (documented) preferred order.


# 139969 10-Jan-2005 imp

/*- or .\"- or #- to begin license clauses.


# 131484 02-Jul-2004 ru

Mechanically kill hard sentence breaks.


# 127958 06-Apr-2004 markm

Remove clause 3 from the UCB licenses.

OK'ed by: imp, core


# 115938 07-Jun-2003 ru

Clarify what -p option does.

Prodded by: marcel

While here, spell the "set-{user,group}-ID bit" correctly.


# 113209 07-Apr-2003 mdodd

Add a SIGINFO handler.


# 101961 16-Aug-2002 johan

Bump document date for the -n option.

Approved by: sheldonh (mentor)


# 101570 09-Aug-2002 ru

mdoc(7) police: grammar.


# 100538 22-Jul-2002 johan

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


# 81687 15-Aug-2001 ru

mdoc(7) police: utilize the new .Ex macro.


# 79754 15-Jul-2001 dd

Remove whitespace at EOL.


# 79526 10-Jul-2001 ru

mdoc(7) police: removed HISTORY info from the .Os call.


# 77160 25-May-2001 ru

Make it clear that -P is the default.

PR: docs/27629


# 71977 04-Feb-2001 mckay

In the hope of saving others from hours of tedious recovery work,
document that cp still isn't very useful for recursive copies even
with the -R flag. This is because hard links are broken by cp.


# 68935 20-Nov-2000 ru

mdoc(7) police: use the new features of the Nm macro.


# 53819 28-Nov-1999 mharo

brucify

Reviewed by: obrien


# 50543 29-Aug-1999 mharo

brucify and move printf() to catch cases of special files


# 50471 27-Aug-1999 peter

$Id$ -> $FreeBSD$


# 50381 26-Aug-1999 mharo

Add a verbose mode to show what files are being copied.
Idea taken from obrien.

Reviewed by: obrien


# 46684 08-May-1999 kris

Various spelling/formatting changes.

Submitted by: Philippe Charnier <charnier@xp11.frmug.org>


# 40288 13-Oct-1998 jkoshy

Correct a grammatical nit and remove ambiguity about the effect of
the -p option.

PR: 8229
Submitted-by: Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com>


# 35773 06-May-1998 charnier

Correct use of .Nm and other cosmetics. Add rcsid. Remove unused #inc.


# 22988 22-Feb-1997 peter

Revert $FreeBSD$ to $Id$


# 21673 14-Jan-1997 jkh

Make the long-awaited change from $Id$ to $FreeBSD$

This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!)
avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long.

Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been
insane otherwise.


# 20412 14-Dec-1996 steve

Merge Lite2 mods and -Wall cleaning.


# 17891 29-Aug-1996 wosch

[HISTORY] command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX
Obtained from: A Quarter Century of UNIX, Peter H. Salus, page 41


# 14416 08-Mar-1996 wosch

Option -f implemented (remove + create)
option -f and -i are exclusive
respond `Y' is equal to `y'
fix usage string
remove isatty(3) check

Reviewed by: pst


# 14154 18-Feb-1996 wosch

delete my last commit
Submitted by: pst, ache


# 14145 18-Feb-1996 wosch

Option -f implemented (remove + create)
option -f and -i are exclusive
all flag variables initialized with zero
respond `Y' is equal to `y'
update usage string


# 3044 24-Sep-1994 dg

Added $Id$


# 1557 26-May-1994 rgrimes

This commit was generated by cvs2svn to compensate for changes in r1556,
which included commits to RCS files with non-trunk default branches.


# 1556 26-May-1994 rgrimes

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