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RCP(1)                    BSD General Commands Manual                   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 ``rname@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 subtree 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 login 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
     remote 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.

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 Ker-beros Kerberos
     beros 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, 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 rcp.

4.3-Reno Berkeley Distribution   May 31, 1993   4.3-Reno Berkeley Distribution