RCP(1)                     Commands and Applications                    RCP(1)

NAME

       rcp - remote file copy

SYNOPSIS

       rcp [-Kpx] [-k realm] file1 file2
       rcp [-Kprx] [-k realm] file...  directory

DESCRIPTION

       Rcp  copies files between machines.  Each file or directory argument is
       either a remote file name of the form ``ruser@rhost:path'', or a  local
       file name (containing no `:' characters, or a `/' before any `:'s).

       -K     The -K option turns off all Kerberos authentication.

       -k     The -k option requests rcp to obtain tickets for the remote host
              in realm realm instead of the remote host's realm as  determined
              by krb_realmofhost(3).

       -p     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.  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.

       -r     If any of the source files are directories, rcp copies each sub‐
              tree rooted at that name; in this case the destination must be a
              directory.

       -x     The -x option turns on DES encryption for  all  data  passed  by
              rcp.   This  may  impact  response time and CPU utilization, but
              provides increased security.

       If path is not a full path name, it is interpreted relative to the  lo‐
       gin  directory  of  the  specified user ruser on rhost, or your current
       user name if no other remote user name is specified.  A path on  a  re‐
       mote  host  may be quoted (using \, ", or ´) so that the metacharacters
       are interpreted remotely.

       Rcp does not prompt for passwords; it  performs  remote  execution  via
       rsh(1), and requires the same authorization.

       Rcp  handles  third party copies, where neither source nor target files
       are on the current machine.

ATTRIBUTIONS

       This command was ported from FreeBSD source code for distribution  with
       GNO/ME 2.0.6.

SEE ALSO

       cp(1), ftp(1), rsh(1), rlogin(1)

HISTORY

       The  rcp command appeared in 4.2BSD.  The version of rcp described here
       has been reimplemented with Kerberos in 4.3BSD (Reno).

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,
       .cshrc, or gshrc 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 ver‐
       sion of rcp.



GNO                              November 1997                          RCP(1)