RCP(1C) UNIX Programmer's Manual RCP(1C) NNAAMMEE rcp - remote file copy SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS rrccpp [ --pp ] file1 file2 rrccpp [ --pp ] [ --rr ] file ... directory DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN _R_c_p copies files between machines. Each _f_i_l_e or _d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y 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 --rr option is specified and any of the source files are directories, _r_c_p copies each subtree rooted at that name; in this case the destination must be a directory. By default, the mode and owner of _f_i_l_e_2 are preserved if it already existed; otherwise the mode of the source file modi- fied by the _u_m_a_s_k(2) on the destination host is used. The --pp option causes _r_c_p to attempt to preserve (duplicate) in its copies the modification times and modes of the source files, ignoring the _u_m_a_s_k. If _p_a_t_h is not a full path name, it is interpreted relative to your login directory on _r_h_o_s_t. A _p_a_t_h on a remote host may be quoted (using \, ", or ') so that the metacharacters are interpreted remotely. _R_c_p does not prompt for passwords; your current local user name must exist on _r_h_o_s_t and allow remote command execution via _r_s_h(1C). _R_c_p 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 _r_n_a_m_e rather than the current user name on the remote host. SSEEEE AALLSSOO cp(1), ftp(1C), rsh(1C), rlogin(1C) BBUUGGSS 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. The destination user and hostname may have to be specified as ``rhost.rname'' when the destination machine is running the 4.2BSD version of _r_c_p. Printed 7/9/88 September 16, 1987 1 RCP(1C) UNIX Programmer's Manual RCP(1C) Printed 7/9/88 September 16, 1987 2