Copy Files or Directories

Usage:  cp [-filmsh-] source1 [ source2 ... ] destination

   cp can copy both files and directories.  If the destination is
   an existing directory, the source object(s) will be copied into
   that directory.  If more than one source object is specified,
   the destination must be a directory, but it need not already
   exist.  

   If a destination file already exists, it will be overwritten;
   this is not considered an error and no diagnostic message is
   given.

   Any security descriptor an any access control list attached
   to a source file or directory will be copied to the destination
   if possible.  Under Windows 9x or if the destination filesystem
   does not support ACLs, that's not possible and the security
   information will be lost.  This is not considered an error and
   no diagnostic message is given.

Options:

  -c    Continue even if errors are encountered attempting to
        process some input files or directories.
  -f    Force read-only files to be overwritten.
  -i    Interactive:  ask before copying each object on the
        command line.
  -l    Logging is on:  display the name of each file or directory
        as it's copied.
  -m    Merge sub-directories of same name in source and destination.
  -s    Simple copy.  Do not copy security descriptors and access
        control lists.
  -h    Help (this screen.)
  --    End of options.  (Useful if filenames start with "-".)