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copies files between machines. Each
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.)
is specified and any of the source files are directories,
copies each subtree rooted at that name; in this case
the destination must be a directory.
By default, the mode and owner of
are preserved if it already existed; otherwise the mode of the source file
on the destination host is used.
to attempt to preserve (duplicate) in its copies the modification
times and modes of the source files, ignoring the
is not a full path name, it is interpreted relative to
on a remote host may be quoted (using \e, ", or \(aa)
so that the metacharacters are interpreted remotely.
does not prompt for passwords; your current local user name
and allow remote command execution via
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
rather than the current user name on the remote host.
The destination hostname may also take the form ``rhost.rname'' to
support destination machines that are running 4.2BSD
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.