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GVFS-COPY(1) User Commands GVFS-COPY(1)

NAME

gvfs-copy - Copy files

SYNOPSIS

gvfs-copy [OPTION...] [SOURCE] [DEST]
gvfs-copy [OPTION...] [SOURCE...] [DIRECTORY]

DESCRIPTION

gvfs-copy copies a file from SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCEs to DIRECTORY.
gvfs-copy is similar to the traditional cp utility, but using gvfs locations instead of local files: for example you can use something like smb://server/resource/file.txt as location.

OPTIONS

The following options are understood:
-h, --help
Prints a short help text and exits.
--version
Shows the version number and exits.
-T, --no-target-directory
Don't copy into DEST even if it is a directory.
-p, --progress
Show progress.
-i, --interactive
Prompt before overwriting files.
--preserve
Preserve all attributes.
-b, --backup
Backup existing destination files.
-P, --no-dereference
Never follow symlinks.

EXIT STATUS

On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

SEE ALSO

cp(1)
gvfs