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Appendix B

Using the Command Line

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cvcp Command Options

Option

Description

-A

Turn off preallocation.

-b buffers

Set the number of I/O buffers to use.

buffers

– the number of buffers to use for the copy

-k size

Set the copy buffer size.

size

– the buffer size (bytes)

-l

Copy the targets of symbolic links, not the links.

-n

Do not apply command to subfolders.

-p prefix

Only copy files with names that start with the specified prefix.

prefix

– characters to match with the beginning of the file

name

-s

Allocate on storage pool block boundaries.

-t

Specify the number of copy threads.

-v

Report all information about file copied.

-x

Retain original file permissions in the copy.

-y

Retain ownership and group information in the copy. This works
only if the root user is performing the copy.

-z

Retain original modification times in the copy.