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FASTCP(1)							     FASTCP(1)

NAME
       fastcp - copy optimally (only if destination is missing or different)

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/lib/fastcp file ... directory

DESCRIPTION
       One  or	more  files,  as specified by the file argument(s), are copied
       into the directory.  Any of the files may be directories and are copied
       recursively  as	necessary.  A file is not copied if a file by its name
       exists in directory and has the same size and modification time as  the
       source  file.   For  each  file	copied,	 the  name,  mode,  owner, and
       modification times of the file are always preserved.   Files  that  are
       not copied are also set to the same mode as the source file.

       This  command  is intended only for use by the ProjectBuilder makefiles
       in /NextDeveloper/Makefiles/app.	 It is used in copying resources  such
       as  .tiff  files	 and  .nib  directories	 into  the destination wrapper
       directory (e.g., MissionCritical.app).  The files  are  copied  so  the
       entire  wrapper can be tar'ed away for deployment (using ln(1) would be
       insufficient for some situations).   The	 fastcp(1)  command  is	 used,
       because	it  would  be  too costly to make copies of all files on every
       invocation of make (just in case some file might have changed).

FILES
       /usr/lib/fastcp	 The command - not intended for public use.

SEE ALSO
       cp(1), ln(1), make(1)

BUGS
       fastcp reports some errors in  non-intuitive  ways.   Counter-intuitive
       error  messages are usually due to permission problems in the source or
       destination areas.

       fastcp does not optimize copying of symbolically linked	source	files.
       Linked source files will always be copied.

       fastcp  always  checks  write  permission on the destination directory,
       even when there is nothing to copy.  This can turn out to be a  problem
       when different users are sharing the same development area.

NeXT, Inc.			 July 26, 1993			     FASTCP(1)
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