Manual Pages: scp

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    SCP(1)                     OpenBSD Reference Manual                     SCP(1)

    NAME
         scp - secure copy (remote file copy program)

    SYNOPSIS
         scp [-pqrvBC46] [-F ssh_config] [-S program] [-P port] [-c cipher] [-i
             identity_file] [-o ssh_option] [[user@]host1:]file1 [...]
             [[user@]host2:]file2

    DESCRIPTION
         scp copies files between hosts on a network.  It uses ssh(1) for data
         transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the same security
         as ssh(1). Unlike rcp(1), scp will ask for passwords or passphrases if
         they are needed for authentication.

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

         The options are as follows:

         -c cipher
                 Selects the cipher to use for encrypting the data transfer.  This
                 option is directly passed to ssh(1).

         -i identity_file
                 Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for RSA
                 authentication is read.  This option is directly passed to
                 ssh(1).

         -p      Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the
                 original file.

         -r      Recursively copy entire directories.

         -v      Verbose mode.  Causes scp and ssh(1) to print debugging messages
                 about their progress.  This is helpful in debugging connection,
                 authentication, and configuration problems.

         -B      Selects batch mode (prevents asking for passwords or passphras-
                 es).

         -q      Disables the progress meter.

         -C      Compression enable.  Passes the -C flag to ssh(1) to enable com-
                 pression.

         -F ssh_config
                 Specifies an alternative per-user configuration file for ssh.
                 This option is directly passed to ssh(1).

         -P port
                 Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host.  Note that
                 this option is written with a capital `P', because -p is already
                 reserved for preserving the times and modes of the file in
                 rcp(1).

         -S program
                 Name of program to use for the encrypted connection.  The program
                 must understand ssh(1) options.

         -o ssh_option
                 Can be used to pass options to ssh in the format used in
                 ssh_config(5). This is useful for specifying options for which
                 there is no separate scp command-line flag.  For example, forcing
                 the use of protocol version 1 is specified using scp
                 -oProtocol=1.

         -4      Forces scp to use IPv4 addresses only.

         -6      Forces scp to use IPv6 addresses only.

    DIAGNOSTICS
         scp exits with 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.

    AUTHORS
         Timo Rinne <tri@iki.fi> and Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>

    HISTORY
         scp is based on the rcp(1) program in BSD source code from the Regents of
         the University of California.

    SEE ALSO
         rcp(1), sftp(1), ssh(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-agent(1), ssh-keygen(1),
         ssh_config(5), sshd(8)

    OpenBSD 3.1                   September 25, 1999                             2

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