rcp(1N)                          (TCP/IP)                           rcp(1N)


   NAME
         rcp - remote file copy

   SYNOPSIS
         rcp [ -p ] filename1 filename2
         rcp [ -pr ] filename...directory

   DESCRIPTION
         The rcp command copies files between machines.  Each filename or
         directory argument is either a remote file name of the form:

               hostname:path

         or a local file name (containing no :  characters, or a / before any
         : characters).

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

         rcp does not prompt for passwords; your current local user name must
         exist on hostname and allow remote command execution by rsh(1).

         rcp handles third party copies, where neither source nor target files
         are on the current machine.  Hostnames may also take the form

               username@hostname:filename

         to use username rather than your current local user name as the user
         name on the remote host.  rcp also supports Internet domain
         addressing of the remote host, so that:

               username@host.domain:filename

         specifies the username to be used, the hostname, and the domain in
         which that host resides.  Filenames that are not full path names will
         be interpreted relative to the home directory of the user named
         username, on the remote host.

         The destination hostname may also take the form
         hostname.username:filename to support destination machines that are
         running older versions of rcp.

         The following options are available:

         -p    Attempt to give each copy the same modification times, access
               times, and modes as the original file.





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         -r    Copy each subtree rooted at filename; in this case the
               destination must be a directory.

   FILES
         $HOME/.profile

   SEE ALSO
         ftp(1), rlogin(1), rsh(1), hosts.equiv(4).

   NOTES
         rcp is meant to copy between different hosts; attempting to rcp a
         file onto itself, as with:

               rcp tmp/file myhost:/tmp/file

         results in a severely corrupted file.

         rcp does not detect all cases where the target of a copy might be a
         file in cases where only a directory should be legal.

         rcp can become confused by output generated by commands in a
         $HOME/.profile on the remote host.

         rcp requires that the source host have permission to execute commands
         on the remote host when doing third-party copies.

         If you forget to quote metacharacters intended for the remote host
         you get an incomprehensible error message.

























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