.TH E2CP 1 "March 2, 2005"
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.SH NAME
e2cp \- copies files from/to an e2fs filesystem
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.B e2cp
.RI [ options ] " files... dest"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBe2cp\fP command copies files to/from an e2fs filesystem from/to the
machine's filesystem.
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.SH OPTIONS
A single `-' (dash) can be used instead of a file name to indicate standard
input/output.
.TP
.B \-0
Input lines terminated by a null character.
.TP
.B \-a
Absolute directory names - create directories instead of just copying
into the destination. Only valid for copying into an ext2fs filesystem.
.TP
.B \-d \fIdest_dir\fP
Destination of files to be copied. May be in the ext2fs filesystem or
the host filesystem.
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.B \-G \fIgid\fP
Set the default group to gid.
.TP
.B \-O \fIuid\fP
Set the default file owner to uid.
.TP
.B \-p
Preserve host file attributes (permissions, times, etc.) when copying
files.
.TP
.B \-P \fImode\fP
Set the file permissions (ie 755, 666).
.TP
.B \-s \fIsrc_dir\fP
The source of the files to be copied.
.TP
.B \-v
Be verbose.
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR e2tools (7),
.BR e2ln (1),
.BR e2ls (1),
.BR e2mkdir (1),
.BR e2mv (1),
.BR e2rm (1),
.BR e2tail (1).
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.SH AUTHOR
The \fBe2tools\fP were written by Keith Sheffield <sheff@pobox.com>.
.PP
This manual page was written by Lucas Wall <lwall@debian.org>,
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).