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SCP

Section: SSH (1)
Updated: November 8, 1995
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NAME

scp - secure copy (remote file copy program)

SYNOPSIS

scp[-prvBC][-S path-to-ssh][-o ssh-options][-P port][-c cipher][-i identity]
[[user@]host1:]filename1...[[user@]host2:]filename2

DESCRIPTION

Scpcopies files between hosts on a network. It usessshfor data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides thesame security asssh.Unlikercp,scpwill ask for passwords or passphrases if they are needed forauthentication.

Any file name may contain a host and user specification to indicatethat the file is to be copied to/from that host. Copies between tworemote hosts are permitted.

OPTIONS

-c cipher: Selects the cipher to use for encrypting the data transfer. Thisoption is directly passed tossh.
-i identity_file: Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for RSAauthentication is read. This option is directly passed tossh.
-o ssh-options: Ssh options passed to ssh.
-p: Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from theoriginal file.
-r: Recursively copy entire directories.
-v: Verbose mode. Causesscpand sshto print debugging messages about their progress. This is helpful indebugging connection, authentication, and configuration problems.
-B: Selects batch mode (prevents asking for passwords or passphrases).
-C: Compression enable. Passes the -C flag tosshto enable compression.
-P port: Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host. Note that thisoption is written with a capital P, because -p is already reserved forpreserving the times and modes of the file in rcp.
-S path-to-ssh: Specifies the path to ssh program.

AUTHORS

Timo Rinne <tri@iki.fi> and Tatu Ylonen <yloAATTssh.fi>

DERIVATION

Scpis based on thercpprogram in BSD source code from the Regents of the University ofCalifornia.

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