Windows XP Pocket Reference

Name

Remote Copy — \windows\system32\rcp.exe

Synopsis

Remote Copy allows you to copy one or more files from one remote computer to another remote computer without first transferring the files to your own computer. Remote Copy takes the following parameters:

rcp [-b] [-h] [-r] source 
               destination
            

Option	Description
source, destination	The full network path of the source file and destination, respectively. Note that wildcards (see Chapter 6) must be accompanied with an escape character: apple.* becomes apple.\*
-b	Transfers the files with binary mode (see FTP)
-h	Transfers hidden files.
-r	Recursive; include subfolders when copying folders.

Examples

rcp -b \\cooder\c\docs\rings.txt \\spud\
rcp -b 192.168.0.1.cooder:c\docs\rings.txt 192.168.0.1.
spud:c\stuff