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.TH GCP 1 "June 04, 2011"
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.TH GCP 1 "October 14, 2018"
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.SH NAME
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gcp \- Advanced command-line file copier
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.RI [ FILE2 ... ]
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.I DEST-DIR
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This manual page documents briefly the
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.B gcp
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command.
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.PP
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\fBgcp\fP is a file copier, loosely inspired by cp, but with high level functionalities like:
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\- transfer progression indication
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\- continuous copying when there is an issue: it skips the problematic file and goes on
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\- copy status logging: which files were effectively copied
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\- name mangling to handle target filesystem limitations (e.g. removing incompatible chars like "?" or "*" on vfat)
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\- forced copy serialization: new files to copy are added to a global queue to avoid hard drive head seeks
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\- transfer list management: gcp can save a list of files to copy and reuse it later
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\- approximate option compatibility with cp (approximate because the behaviour is not exactly the same, see below)
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\fBgcp\fP is a file copier, loosely inspired by cp, but with high level
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functionalities like:
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transfer progression indication
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continuous copying when there is an issue: it skips the problematic file and
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goes on
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copy status logging: which files were effectively copied
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name mangling to handle target filesystem limitations (e.g. removing
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incompatible chars like "?" or "*" on FAT filesystems)
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forced copy serialization: new files to copy are added to a global queue to
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avoid hard drive head seeks
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.IP \(bu
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transfer list management: gcp can save a list of files to copy and reuse it
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later
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.IP \(bu
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approximate option compatibility with cp (approximate because the behaviour is
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not exactly the same, see below)
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.SH OPTIONS
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These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
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options starting with two dashes (`-').
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By default, calling gcp is equivalent to calling gcp \-\-preserve=mode,ownership,timestamps.
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A summary of options is included below.
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.SS "General options"
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.B \-\-version
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Show version of program and exit.
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.SS General options
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.B \-h, \-\-help
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Show summary of options.
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.TP
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.B \-r, \-R, \-\-recursive
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Copy directories recursively.
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.B \-V, \-\-version
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Show program version and copyright information and exit.
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.SS cp-like options
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.TP
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.B \-f, \-\-force
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Overwrite existing files.
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.TP
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.B \-L, \-\-dereference
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always follow symbolic links in sources
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Always follow symbolic links in sources.
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.B \-P, \-\-no\-dereference
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never follow symbolic links in sources
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.B \-f, \-\-force
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Overwrite existing files.
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Never follow symbolic links in sources.
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.B \-p
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Same as \-\-preserve=mode,ownership,timestamps
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Same as \fB\-\-preserve=mode,ownership,timestamps\fP
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.B \-\-preserve=PRESERVE
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Keep specified attributes. Attributes can be mode, ownership and timestamps.
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When several attributes are passed, they need to be separated by commas. Note
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that timestamps preservation has some limits, see section LIMITATIONS.
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.B \-\-preserve=<\fIattributes\fP>
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Preserve specified attributes. Attributes can be \fImode\fP, \fIownership\fP
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and \fItimestamps\fP.
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When several attributes are passed, they need to be separated by commas.
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Please note that timestamps preservation has some limits, see section
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\fILIMITATIONS\fP.
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.B \-\-no\-fs\-fix
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Don't fix file system naming incompatibilities.
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.B \-\-no\-progress
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Disable progress bar.
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.B \-r, \-R, \-\-recursive
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Copy directories recursively.
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.B \-v, \-\-verbose
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Display what is being done.
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.SS "Sources saving"
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.SS gcp-specific options
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.B \-\-fix\-filenames=<\fIforce\fP|\fIauto\fP|\fIno\fP>
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gcp has the ability to modify the destination file name if the target file
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system would not accept the original file name.
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Offending characters will be replaced with similar-looking ones.
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This option accept the following values:
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\fIauto\fP (default)
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gcp will attempt to be smart, i.e. detect incompatibilities and fix them as-needed.
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\fIforce\fP
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Always fix file names that could cause problems on any known filesystem or OS.
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This is useful e.g. with NTFS, see \fINOTE ON NTFS\fP below.
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Renaming is disabled entirely.
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.RE
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.IP
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\'\\\', \':\', \'*\', \'?\', \'"\', \'<\', \'>\' and \'|\'.
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.B \-\-no\-fs\-fix (DEPRECATED)
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Same as \fB\-\-fix\-filenames=no\fP.
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This option will be removed in a future release.
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.B \-\-no\-progress
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Disable progress bar.
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.SS Sources saving
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.B \-\-sources\-save=SOURCES_SAVE
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Save the list of source files in a list named SOURCES_SAVE.
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.B \-\-sources\-save=\fISOURCES\fP
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Save the list of source files in a list named \fISOURCES\fP.
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.B \-\-sources\-replace=SOURCES_REPLACE
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Save the list of source files in a list named SOURCES_REPLACE and
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replace it if it already exists.
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.B \-\-sources\-replace=\fISOURCES\fP
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Save the list of source files in a list named \fISOURCES\fP;
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the file is overwritten it already exists.
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.B \-\-sources\-load=SOURCES_LOAD
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Reuse the list of source file named SOURCES_LOAD.
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.B \-\-sources\-load=\fISOURCES\fP
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Use the list of source files named \fISOURCES\fP.
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.B \-\-sources\-del=SOURCES_DEL
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Delete the list of source files named SOURCES_DEL.
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.B \-\-sources\-del=\fISOURCES\fP
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Delete the list of source files named \fISOURCES\fP.
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.TP
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.B \-\-sources\-list
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List the names of source file lists.
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.SH EXIT STATUS
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The exit status can be:
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.IP \[bu] 2
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\fB0\fP if files have been copied correctly or if another instance of gcp is already running and will do the copy.
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\fB0\fP if files have been copied correctly or if another instance of gcp is
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already running and will do the copy.
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\fB1\fP if at least one file has not been copied, or if something went wrong.
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\fB2\fP if all files have been copied but with some issues
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.SH LIMITATIONS
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Timestamps preservation with \-\-preserve option is limited by the os python
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module on POSIX systems. Currently, python only returns timestamps in float
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format, which is a smaller precision than what POSIX provides. Progress on this
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issue can be seen at http://bugs.python.org/issue11457.
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Timestamps preservation with \fB\-\-preserve\fP option is limited by the
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timestamps in float format, which is a smaller precision than what POSIX
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.SH NOTE ON NTFS
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NTFS will not enforce the same file name limitations than FAT, but files that
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would not be accepted on a FAT filesystem will still cause problems on Windows.
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Hence, it is recommended to use \-\-fix-filenames=force when copying to NTFS
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(when Windows compatibility is desired, anyway).
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR cp (1).
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.SH AUTHOR
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gcp was written by Jérôme Poisson <goffi@goffi.org>.
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It is currently maintained by Matteo Cypriani <mcy@lm7.fr>.
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.PP
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This manual page was written by Thomas Preud'homme <robotux@celest.fr>,
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for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
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This manual page was initially written by Thomas Preud'homme
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<robotux@celest.fr> for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
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