RCP(1C)                                                                RCP(1C)



NAME
       rcp - remote file copy

SYNOPSIS
       rcp [ -p ] file1 file2
       rcp [ -p ] [ -r ] file ... directory

DESCRIPTION
       _R_c_p  copies files between machines.  Each _f_i_l_e or _d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y argument is
       either a remote file name of the form ‘‘rhost:path’’, or a  local  file
       name (containing no ‘:’ characters, or a ‘/’ before any ‘:’s).

       If  the -r option is specified and any of the source files are directo‐
       ries, _r_c_p copies each subtree rooted at that name;  in  this  case  the
       destination must be a directory.

       By  default,  the  mode  and owner of _f_i_l_e_2 are preserved if it already
       existed; otherwise the mode of the source file modified by the _u_m_a_s_k(2)
       on  the  destination host is used.  The -p option causes _r_c_p to attempt
       to preserve (duplicate) in its copies the modification times and  modes
       of the source files, ignoring the _u_m_a_s_k.

       If  _p_a_t_h  is  not  a full path name, it is interpreted relative to your
       login directory on _r_h_o_s_t.  A _p_a_t_h on a remote host may be quoted (using
       \, ", or ´) so that the metacharacters are interpreted remotely.

       _R_c_p  does  not  prompt for passwords; your current local user name must
       exist on _r_h_o_s_t and allow remote command execution via _r_s_h(1C).

       _R_c_p handles third party copies, where neither source nor  target  files
       are  on  the  current  machine.   Hostnames  may  also  take  the  form
       ‘‘rname@rhost’’ to use _r_n_a_m_e rather than the current user name  on  the
       remote   host.   The  destination  hostname  may  also  take  the  form
       ‘‘rhost.rname’’ to support destination machines that are running 4.2BSD
       versions of _r_c_p_.

SEE ALSO
       cp(1), ftp(1C), rsh(1C), rlogin(1C)

BUGS
       Doesn’t  detect all cases where the target of a copy might be a file in
       cases where only a directory should be legal.
       Is confused by any output generated by commands in a .login,  .profile,
       or .cshrc file on the remote host.



4.2 Berkeley Distribution        May 12, 1986                          RCP(1C)