.TH CPPW 8 "7 Apr 2005"
.SH NAME
cppw, cpgr \- copy with locking the given file to the password or group file
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBcppw\fR [\fB\-h\fR] [\fB\-s\fR] password_file
.br
\fBcpgr\fR [\fB\-h\fR] [\fB\-s\fR] group_file

.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR cppw " and " cpgr
will copy, with locking, the given file to
.IR /etc/passwd " and " /etc/group ", respectively."
With the \fB\-s\fR flag, they will copy the shadow versions of those files,
.IR /etc/shadow " and " /etc/gshadow ", respectively."

With the \fB\-h\fR flag, the commands display a short help message and exit
silently.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR vipw (8),
.BR vigr (8),
.BR group (5),
.BR passwd (5),
.BR shadow (5),
.BR gshadow (5)
.SH AUTHOR
\fBcppw\fR and \fBcpgr\fR were written by Stephen Frost, based on
\fBvipw\fR and \fBvigr\fR written by Guy Maor.