# replace default cp with rsync. alias cp="rsync -ahP --chmod=u+w" # copy and also merge all changes (delete dst files that do not exist in src). alias cp_merge="rsync -ahP --chmod=u+w --delete" # copy by creating hardlinks. alias cp_link="/usr/bin/cp -lr" # default cp, a.k.a builtin cp. alias bcp="/usr/bin/cp" # cp_merge without writing anything. alias cp_test="rsync -ahP --chmod=u+w --delete -n"