RCP(1C) UNIX Programmer's Manual RCP(1C)
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\bSY
\bYN
\bNO
\bOP
\bPS
\bSI
\bIS
\bS
r
\brc
\bcp
\bp [ -
\b-p
\bp ] file1 file2
r
\brc
\bcp
\bp [ -
\b-p
\bp ] [ -
\b-r
\br ] file ... directory
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\bDE
\bES
\bSC
\bCR
\bRI
\bIP
\bPT
\bTI
\bIO
\bON
\bN
_
\bR_
\bc_
\bp copies files between machines. Each _
\bf_
\bi_
\bl_
\be or _
\bd_
\bi_
\br_
\be_
\bc_
\bt_
\bo_
\br_
\by
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 -
\b-r
\br option is specified and any of the source files
are directories, _
\br_
\bc_
\bp copies each subtree rooted at that
name; in this case the destination must be a directory.
By default, the mode and owner of _
\bf_
\bi_
\bl_
\be_
\b2 are preserved if it
already existed; otherwise the mode of the source file modi-
fied by the _
\bu_
\bm_
\ba_
\bs_
\bk(2) on the destination host is used. The
-
\b-p
\bp option causes _
\br_
\bc_
\bp to attempt to preserve (duplicate) in
its copies the modification times and modes of the source
files, ignoring the _
\bu_
\bm_
\ba_
\bs_
\bk.
If _
\bp_
\ba_
\bt_
\bh is not a full path name, it is interpreted relative
to your login directory on _
\br_
\bh_
\bo_
\bs_
\bt. A _
\bp_
\ba_
\bt_
\bh on a remote host
may be quoted (using \, ", or ') so that the metacharacters
are interpreted remotely.
_
\bR_
\bc_
\bp does not prompt for passwords; your current local user
name must exist on _
\br_
\bh_
\bo_
\bs_
\bt and allow remote command execution
_
\bR_
\bc_
\bp 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 _
\br_
\bn_
\ba_
\bm_
\be rather than the
current user name on the remote host.
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\bSE
\bEE
\bE A
\bAL
\bLS
\bSO
\bO
cp(1), ftp(1C), rsh(1C), rlogin(1C)
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 _
\br_
\bc_
\bp.
Printed 7/9/88 September 16, 1987 1
RCP(1C) UNIX Programmer's Manual RCP(1C)
Printed 7/9/88 September 16, 1987 2
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