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 29.\"	@(#)rcp.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
 30.\" $FreeBSD$
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 32.Dd October 16, 2002
 33.Dt RCP 1
 34.Os
 35.Sh NAME
 36.Nm rcp
 37.Nd remote file copy
 38.Sh SYNOPSIS
 39.Nm
 40.Op Fl 46p
 41.Ar file1 file2
 42.Nm
 43.Op Fl 46pr
 44.Ar
 45.Ar directory
 46.Sh DESCRIPTION
 47The
 48.Nm
 49utility copies files between machines.
 50Each
 51.Ar file
 52or
 53.Ar directory
 54argument is either a remote file name of the
 55form
 56.Dq ruser@rhost:path ,
 57or a local file name (containing no
 58.Ql :\&
 59characters,
 60or a
 61.Ql /
 62before any
 63.Ql :\& Ns
 64s).
 65.Pp
 66The following options are available:
 67.Bl -tag -width indent
 68.It Fl 4
 69Use IPv4 addresses only.
 70.It Fl 6
 71Use IPv6 addresses only.
 72.It Fl p
 73Cause
 74.Nm
 75to attempt to preserve (duplicate) in its copies the modification
 76times and modes of the source files, ignoring the
 77.Xr umask 2 .
 78By default, the mode and owner of
 79.Ar file2
 80are preserved if it already existed; otherwise the mode of the source file
 81modified by the
 82.Xr umask 2
 83on the destination host is used.
 84.It Fl r
 85If any of the source files are directories,
 86.Nm
 87copies each subtree rooted at that name; in this case
 88the destination must be a directory.
 89.El
 90.Pp
 91If
 92.Ar path
 93is not a full path name, it is interpreted relative to
 94the login directory of the specified user
 95.Ar ruser
 96on
 97.Ar rhost ,
 98or your current user name if no other remote user name is specified.
 99A
100.Ar path
101on a remote host may be quoted (using
102.Ql \e ,
103.Ql \&" ,
104or
105.Ql \(aa )
106so that the metacharacters are interpreted remotely.
107.Pp
108The
109.Nm
110utility does not prompt for passwords; it performs remote execution
111via
112.Xr rsh 1 ,
113and requires the same authorization.
114.Pp
115The
116.Nm
117utility handles third party copies, where neither source nor target files
118are on the current machine.
119.Sh SEE ALSO
120.Xr cp 1 ,
121.Xr ftp 1 ,
122.Xr rlogin 1 ,
123.Xr rsh 1 ,
124.Xr hosts.equiv 5
125.Sh HISTORY
126The
127.Nm
128command appeared in
129.Bx 4.2 .
130The version of
131.Nm
132described here
133has been reimplemented with Kerberos in
134.Bx 4.3 Reno .
135.Sh BUGS
136Does not detect all cases where the target of a copy might
137be a file in cases where only a directory should be legal.
138.Pp
139Is confused by any output generated by commands in a
140.Pa .login ,
141.Pa .profile ,
142or
143.Pa .cshrc
144file on the remote host.
145.Pp
146The destination user and hostname may have to be specified as
147.Dq rhost.ruser
148when the destination machine is running the
149.Bx 4.2
150version of
151.Nm .