NAME

parrot_cp - a replacement for cp that provides higher performance when dealing with remote files via parrot_run.

SYNOPSIS

parrot_cp [options] ... sources ... <dest>

DESCRIPTION

parrot_cp is a drop-in replacement for the Unix cp command. It provides better performance when copying files to or from remote storage systems by taking advantage of whole-file transfer rather than copying files block-by-block.

OPTIONS

-f, --force

Forcibly remove target before copying.

-i, --interactive

Interactive mode: ask before overwriting.

-r

Same as -R

-R, --recursive

Recursively copy directories.

-s, --symlinks

Make symbolic links instead of copying files.

-l, --hardlinks

Make hard links instead of copying files.

-u, --update-only

Update mode: Copy only if source is newer than target.

-v, --version

Verbose mode: Show names of files copied.

-h, --help

Help: Show these options.

EXIT STATUS

On success, returns zero. On failure, returns non-zero.

EXAMPLES

To use parrot_cp you can either call the code directly:

% parrot_run tcsh
% parrot_cp /tmp/mydata /chirp/server.nd.edu/joe/data
% exit

or alias calls to cp with calls to parrot_cp:

% parrot_run bash
% alias cp parrot_cp
% cp -r /chirp/server.nd.edu/joe /tmp/joe
% exit