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RCP(1) General Commands Manual RCP(1) NAME rcp - remote file copy SYNOPSIS rcp filename1 filename2 rcp [ -r ] filename ... directory DESCRIPTION Rcp copies files across TCP/IP connections. Each filename or directory argument is either a remote file name of the form: hostname:path or a local file name (containing no unless preceded by If a filename is not a full path name, it is interpreted relative to your home directory on machine hostname. A path on a remote host may be quoted to cause metacharacters to be interpreted remotely. Your current local user name must exist on hostname and allow remote command execution by rsh; see con(1). Rcp handles third party copies, where neither source nor target files are on the current machine. Hostnames may also take the form username@hostname:filename to use username rather than your current local user name as the user name on the remote host. In this usage, hostname may be a full inter- net domain name. The option is -r Copy each subtree rooted at filename; in this case the destina- tion must be a directory. FILES SEE ALSO con(1), cu(1), push(1), uucp(1) BUGS There is no check against copying a file onto itself. Certain cases where a file name is given when a directory is required are not diagnosed. RCP(1)