[source, bash]
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-cp /openils/conf/opensrf_core.xml.example /openils/conf/opensrf_core.xml
-cp /openils/conf/opensrf.xml.example /openils/conf/opensrf.xml
+cp -b /openils/conf/opensrf_core.xml.example /openils/conf/opensrf_core.xml
+cp -b /openils/conf/opensrf.xml.example /openils/conf/opensrf.xml
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When you installed OpenSRF, you created four Jabber users on two
Evergreen version of the `opensrf_core.xml` file using the same Jabber users
and domains as you used while installing and testing OpenSRF.
+[NOTE]
+The `-b` flag tells the `cp` command to create a backup version of the
+destination file. The backup version of the destination file has a tilde (`~`)
+appended to the file name, so if you have forgotten the Jabber users and
+domains, you can retrieve the settings from the backup version of the files.
+
`eg_db_config.pl`, described in the following section, sets the database
connection information in `opensrf.xml` for you.