Apple Xsan 1.4 - Manual (Page 170)

170 Appendix B Using the Command Line
Examples
Copy the file friday to /datasets/data1/july/:
$ cvcp friday /datasets/data1/july
Copy the folder /data1/ and all subfolders to /datasets/data1/, retaining all permissions
and ownerships and displaying files as they are copied:
$ cvcp -vxy data1 /datasets/data1
Perform a similar copy as above, but only copy files with names that begin “jul”:
$ cvcp -vxy -p jul data1 /datasets/data1/july
Copy the folder /datasets/ to a tar file named /transfers/data.tar:
$ cvcp . - > /transfers/data