ttcp(1)

NAME
ttcp - copy files and inform the ToolTalk service

SYNOPSIS
ttcp [-pL] filename1 filename2

ttcp -r [-pL] directory1 directory2

ttcp [-prL] filename ... directory

ttcp -h | -v

DESCRIPTION
The ttcp utility invokes the cp(1) utility to copy files and directories, and informs ToolTalk about its actions so that the ToolTalk objects associated with those files and directories can also be copied.

OPTIONS
The following options are available:

    Write a help message for invoking ttcp and then exit. Copy the ToolTalk objects of the files, but do not invoke cp(1) to copy the actual files. Preserve. Invoke cp(1) with the -p option, which duplicates not only the contents of the original files or directories, but also the modification time and permission modes. The modification times of ToolTalk objects are preserved only if the invoking process has appropriate privileges. (Super-user permissions are required.) Recursively copy the ToolTalk objects of any directories named, along with their files (including any subdirectories and their files), and pass the -r option to cp(1). Write the version number of ttcp and then exit.

The -f, -i or -R options to cp(1) are not supported.

OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:

    A pathname of a file to be copied.
    A pathname of an existing or nonexisting file, used for the output when a single file is copied.

    A pathname of a directory to contain the copied files.
    A pathname of a file hierarchy to be copied with -r.

STDIN
Not used.

INPUT FILES
The input files specified as operands can be of any file type.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables affect the execution of ttcp:

    Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are unset or null. If LANG is unset or null, the corresponding value from the implementation-specific default locale will be used. If any of the internationalization variables contains an invalid setting, the utility behaves as if none of the variables had been defined. If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the other internationalization variables. Determine the locale that is used to affect the format and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error and informative messages written to standard output. Determine the location of message catalogues for the processing of LC_MESSAGES.

RESOURCES
None.

ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
The ttcp utility takes the standard action for all signals.

STDOUT
When the -h option is used, ttcp writes to standard output a help message in an unspecified format.

When the -v option is used, ttcp writes to standard output a version number in an unspecified format.

STDERR
Used only for diagnostic messages.

OUTPUT FILES
The output files can be of any type.

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
None.

EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:

    All files and ToolTalk objects were copied successfully. An error occurred or the invoked cp(1) command exited with a non-zero value.

CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
Default.

FILES

/mountpoint/TT_DB
    The directory used as a database for the ToolTalk objects of files in the file system mounted at /mountpoint.

APPLICATION USAGE
None.

EXAMPLES
None.

SEE ALSO
cp(1), ttmv(1), tttar(1), ttsession(1).