## NAME

## SYNOPSIS

## DESCRIPTION

copies files between hosts on a network. It uses

for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the same security as

will ask for passwords or passphrases if they are needed for authentication.

File names may contain a user and host specification to indicate that the file is to be copied to/from that host. Local file names can be made explicit using absolute or relative pathnames to avoid

treating file names containing

as host specifiers. Copies between two remote hosts are also permitted.

The options are as follows:

Forces

to use protocol 1.

Forces

to use protocol 2.

Copies between two remote hosts are transferred through the local host. Without this option the data is copied directly between the two remote hosts. Note that this option disables the progress meter.

Forces

to use IPv4 addresses only.

Forces

to use IPv6 addresses only.

Selects batch mode (prevents asking for passwords or passphrases).

Compression enable. Passes the

flag to

to enable compression.

Selects the cipher to use for encrypting the data transfer. This option is directly passed to

Specifies an alternative per-user configuration file for

This option is directly passed to

Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for public key authentication is read. This option is directly passed to

Limits the used bandwidth, specified in Kbit/s.

Can be used to pass options to

in the format used in

This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate

command-line flag. For full details of the options listed below, and their possible values, see

Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host. Note that this option is written with a capital

because

is already reserved for preserving the times and modes of the file.

Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the original file.

Quiet mode: disables the progress meter as well as warning and diagnostic messages from

Recursively copy entire directories. Note that

follows symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal.

Name of

to use for the encrypted connection. The program must understand

options.

Verbose mode. Causes

and

to print debugging messages about their progress. This is helpful in debugging connection, authentication, and configuration problems.

## EXIT STATUS

## SEE ALSO

## HISTORY

is based on the rcp program in

source code from the Regents of the University of California.

## AUTHORS