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XCLIP-COPYFILE(1)	     General Commands Manual	       XCLIP-COPYFILE(1)

NAME
     xclip-copyfile,  xclip-cutfile,  xclip-pastefile  - copy and move files via
     the X clipboard

SYNOPSIS
     xclip-copyfile [-p] FILES...

     xclip-cutfile [-p] FILES...

     xclip-pastefile

DESCRIPTION
     xclip-copyfile copies files into the X clipboard, recursing  into	directo-
     ries.

     xclip-cutfile copies the files, but also deletes them afterwards.

     -p     preserve path formation

     xclip-pastefile pastes the files out of the clipboard

EXAMPLES
     Copying a file to a remote host

     [maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ echo "A file created on ${HOSTNAME}" > file1
     [maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ xclip-copyfile file1
     [sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ xclip-pastefile
     file1
     [sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ cat file1
     A file created on maggie.lkpg.cendio.se

     Copying an entire tree structure

     [sofie.homeip.net ~]$ xclip-copyfile doc
     [maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~/tmp]$ xclip-pastefile
     doc/
     doc/letter-mom-april.txt
     doc/file1
     doc/letter-dad-march.txt

     Copying files with preserved path information

     [maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ xclip-copyfile -p /etc/sysconfig/grub
     tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
     [sofie.homeip.net ~/tmp]$ xclip-pastefile
     etc/sysconfig/grub
     [sofie.homeip.net ~/tmp]$ ls etc/sysconfig/grub
     etc/sysconfig/grub

     Moving files

     [sofie.homeip.net ~]$ ls letter-brother-may.txt
     letter-brother-may.txt
     [sofie.homeip.net ~]$ xclip-cutfile letter-brother-may.txt
     [sofie.homeip.net ~]$ ls letter-brother-may.txt
     ls: cannot access letter-brother-may.txt: No such file or directory
     [sofie.homeip.net ~]$ cd doc
     [sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ xclip-pastefile
     letter-brother-may.txt

AUTHORS
     This  manual  page was written by Maximilian Gass <mxey@cloudconnected.org>
     for the Debian project. It may be used for everything else, of course.

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