1RCP(1) BSD General Commands Manual RCP(1)
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4 rcp — remote file copy
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7 rcp [-px] file1 file2
8 rcp [-px] [-r] file ... directory
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11 Rcp copies files between machines. Each file or directory argument is
12 either a remote file name of the form ``rname@rhost:path'', or a local
13 file name (containing no `:' characters, or a `/' before any `:'s).
14 -r If any of the source files are directories, rcp copies each subtree
16 rooted at that name; in this case the destination must be a direc‐
17 tory.
18 -p The -p option causes rcp to attempt to preserve (duplicate) in its
20 copies the modification times and modes of the source files, ignor‐
21 ing the umask. By default, the mode and owner of file2 are pre‐
22 served if it already existed; otherwise the mode of the source file
23 modified by the umask(2) on the destination host is used.
24 If path is not a full path name, it is interpreted relative to the login
26 directory of the specified user ruser on rhost, or your current user name
27 if no other remote user name is specified. A path on a remote host may
28 be quoted (using \, ", or ´) so that the metacharacters are interpreted
29 remotely.
30 Rcp does not prompt for passwords; it performs remote execution via
32 rsh(1), and requires the same authorization.
33 Rcp handles third party copies, where neither source nor target files are
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38 cp(1), ftp(1), rsh(1), rlogin(1)
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41 The rcp command appeared in 4.2BSD.
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44 Doesn't detect all cases where the target of a copy might be a file in
45 cases where only a directory should be legal.
46 Is confused by any output generated by commands in a .login, .profile, or
48 .cshrc file on the remote host.
49 The destination user and hostname may have to be specified as
51 ``rhost.rname'' when the destination machine is running the 4.2BSD ver‐
52 sion of rcp.
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