Name

rcp

Synopsis

rcp [options] file1 file2
rcp [options] file
                     ...
                     directory

Copies files between two machines. Each file or directory is either a remote filename of the form or a local filename.

rcp doesn’t preserve resource forks or metadata when copying files that contain them.

Options

-K

Suppress all Kerberos authentication.

-k

Attempt to get tickets for remote host; query krb_realmofhost to determine realm.

-p

Preserve modification times and modes of the source files.

-r

If any of the source files are directories, rcp copies each subtree rooted at that name. The destination must be a directory.

-x

Turn on DES encryption for all data passed by rcp.

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