cp

[dullard]

A friend of mine has a homework that requires a file download. In the homework is says to open a browser and type cp /.../file.txt file.txt to download the file. I left out the location since I cannot remember the exact spot. I've never seen the cp command before. It didn't work in Internet Explorer or in Netscape. I thought maybe it meant ftp instead of cp but that wasn't correct either. Does anybody know what cp stands for and how to use it?

Thanks.

 

[bjb86s]

search on whatis turned up this:

http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid25_gci764723,00.html

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

cp is a unix command, and stands for "copy". i dont know how in the hell you're supposed to use it in a browser though

 

[jpsj82]

by any chance is the address you type into the browser start with telnet://