Function: eshell/cp

eshell/cp is a byte-compiled function defined in em-unix.el.gz.

Signature

(eshell/cp &rest ARGS)

Documentation

Implementation of cp in Lisp.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/eshell/em-unix.el.gz
(defun eshell/cp (&rest args)
  "Implementation of cp in Lisp."
  (eshell-eval-using-options
   "cp" args
   '((?a "archive" nil archive
	 "same as -dpR")
     (?d "no-dereference" nil no-dereference
	 "preserve links")
     (?f "force" nil force
	 "remove existing destinations, never prompt")
     (?i "interactive" nil em-interactive
	 "request confirmation if target already exists")
     (?n "preview" nil em-preview
	 "don't change anything on disk")
     (?p "preserve" nil preserve
	 "preserve file attributes if possible")
     (?r "recursive" nil em-recursive
	 "copy directories recursively")
     (?R nil nil em-recursive
	 "as for -r")
     (?v "verbose" nil em-verbose
	 "explain what is being done")
     (nil "help" nil nil "show this usage screen")
     :preserve-args
     :external "cp"
     :show-usage
     :usage "[OPTION]... SOURCE DEST
   or: cp [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
Copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.")
   (if archive
       (setq preserve t no-dereference t em-recursive t))
   (eshell-mvcpln-template "cp" "copying" 'copy-file
                           (eshell-interactive-query-p
                            eshell-cp-interactive-query)
			   eshell-cp-overwrite-files preserve)))