


      RCP(1)                      (bsd 4.2)                      RCP(1)



      NAME
           rcp - remote file copy

      SYNTAX
           rcp file1 file2
           rcp [ -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 is specified and any of the source files are
           directories, rcp copies each subtree rooted at that name.
           In this case, the destination must be a directory.

           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(1).

           Rcp handles third party copies, where neither source nor
           target files are on the current machine.  Hostnames may also
           take the form ``rhost.rname'' to use rname rather than the
           current user name on the remote host.

      SEE ALSO
           ftp(1), rsh(1), rlogin(1)

      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.

           If the source and destination directories are local, rcp
           calls cp(1) to do the local copy.  cp(1) does not accept the
           -r argument.

           The usage error message is not printed if a typing error was
           made.









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