## NAME

pscp - command-line SCP (secure copy) / SFTP client

## SYNOPSIS

    pscp [options] [user@]host:source target
    pscp [options] source [source...] [user@]host:target
    pscp [options] -ls [user@]host:filespec

## DESCRIPTION

pscp is a command-line client for the SSH-based SCP (secure copy) and SFTP (secure file transfer protocol) protocols.

## OPTIONS

The command-line options supported by pscp are:

\fB-V\fP

Show version information and exit.

\fB-pgpfp\fP

Display the fingerprints of the PuTTY PGP Master Keys and exit, to aid in verifying new files released by the PuTTY team.

\fB-ls\fP

Remote directory listing.

\fB-p\fP

Preserve file attributes.

\fB-q\fP

Quiet, don't show statistics.

\fB-r\fP

Copy directories recursively.

\fB-unsafe\fP

Allow server-side wildcards (DANGEROUS).

\fB-v\fP

Show verbose messages.

\fB-load\fP \fIsession\fP

Load settings from saved session.

\fB-P\fP \fIport\fP

Connect to port port.

\fB-l\fP \fIuser\fP

Set remote username to user.

\fB-batch\fP

Disable interactive prompts.

\fB-pw\fP \fIpassword\fP

Set remote password to password. CAUTION: this will likely make the password visible to other users of the local machine (via commands such as `w').

\fB-1\fP

Force use of SSH protocol version 1.

\fB-2\fP

Force use of SSH protocol version 2.

\fB-C\fP

Enable SSH compression.

\fB-i\fP \fIpath\fP

Private key file for authentication.

\fB-scp\fP

Force use of SCP protocol.

\fB-sftp\fP

Force use of SFTP protocol.

## MORE INFORMATION

For more information on pscp it*(Aqs probably best to go and look at the manual on the PuTTY web page:

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

## BUGS

This man page isn't terribly complete. See the above web link for better documentation.