access and results in the target file retaining the permissions it had originally. Related Unix commands cpio – copy an entire directory structure from one place to another tar – create an archive of files link – system call to create a link to a file or directory ln – create a link to a file or directory mv – move a file or directory rm – remove a file or directory unlink – system call to remove a file or directory chmod – change the mode (aka permissions) on a file or directory chown – change ownership on a file or directory chgrp – change group on a file or directory uucp – unix to unix copy scp – secure copy over SSH progress, Linux tool to show progress for cp, mv, dd. See also GNU Core Utilities List of Unix commands rsync References External links Standard Unix programs Unix SUS2008 utilities File copy utilities Plan 9 commands Inferno (operating system) commands IBM i Qshell commands