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gnomevfs-copy

gnomevfs-copy(1)						   User Commands						  gnomevfs-copy(1)

NAME

       gnomevfs-copy - copy a file from one VFS location to another

SYNOPSIS

       gnomevfs-copy [-h] source-URI destination-URI

DESCRIPTION

       gnomevfs-copy copies a file from one URI location to another, using the virtual file system.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -h	       Display usage and help information.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       source-URI      Specifies the source file location in standard URI format.

       destination-URI Specifies the destination file or directory location in standard URI format.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Copying a File From a Web Server to a Local File

       example% gnomevfs-copy http://www.sun.com file:///home/user/index.html

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

       The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnomevfs-copy  Executable to copy a file from one VFS location to another

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-vfs		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gnomevfs-cat(1), gnomevfs-info(1), gnomevfs-ls(1), gnomevfs-mkdir(1)

NOTES

       Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.10							    6 Sep 2004							  gnomevfs-copy(1)

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