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What is the command to copy a file

 
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Old 05-16-2001
What is the command to copy a file once you are in that dir?
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Old 05-16-2001
cp oldfile newfile
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Old 05-16-2001
is there.....
thanks. I appreciate it. Is there an online manual for commands? If so, what's the URL
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Old 05-16-2001
There are various ones depending on your os but docs.sun.com is good for Solaris info.
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Old 05-17-2001
Don't forget the manual pages: man <I>command</I>

or search: man -k <I>keyword</I>
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Old 05-24-2001
http://www.solarisguide.com
 
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