Mac OS X in a Nutshell

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 rname@rhost:path or a local filename.

rcp does not 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

Turns on DES encryption for all data passed by rcp.