rcp(1)                 UNIX System V(Internet Utilities)                 rcp(1)


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.

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




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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 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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