4.3BSD - /usr/man/cat1/rcp.0

RCP(1C)                                                                RCP(1C)


NAME
       rcp - remote file copy

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

DESCRIPTION
       Rcp  copies files between machines.  Each file or directory 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, rcp copies each subtree rooted at that name;  in  this  case  the
       destination must be a directory.

       By  default,  the  mode  and owner of file2 are preserved if it already
       existed; otherwise the mode of the source file modified by the umask(2)
       on  the  destination host is used.  The -p option causes rcp to attempt
       to preserve (duplicate) in its copies the modification times and  modes
       of the source files, ignoring the umask.

       If  path  is  not  a full path name, it is interpreted relative to your
       login directory on rhost.  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 rhost and allow remote command execution via rsh(1C).

       Rcp 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 rname 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 rcp.

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)