xdg-copy

## Name

xdg-copy — command line tool for copying files between desktop URIs

## Synopsis

`xdg-copy` ``source`` ``destination``

`xdg-copy` { `--help` | `--manual` | `--version` }

## Description

xdg-copy copies `source` to `destination` and provides visual feedback to the user during the operation. Both `source` and `destination` can either be a file or URL. Supported URL types are file, ftp, http and https. Additional URL types may be supported depending on the desktop environment.

xdg-copy is for use inside a desktop session only. It is not recommended to use xdg-copy as root.

## Options

`--help`
  Show command synopsis.
`--manual`
  Show this manualpage.
`--version`
  Show the xdg-utils version information.

## Exit Codes

An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non-zero exit code indicates failure. The following failure codes can be returned:

`1`
  Error in command line syntax.
`2`
  One of the files passed on the command line did not exist.
`3`
  A required tool could not be found.
`4`
  The action failed.

## Examples

    xdg-copy "http://portland.freedesktop.org/png/freedesktop-logo.png" .

    xdg-copy "/tmp/foobar.png" "/home/user/foobar-copy.png"