SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
by Daniel J. Barrett, Richard E. Silverman, Robert G. Byrnes
scp Options
OpenSSH | Tectia | Option | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
✓ | ✓ | -1 | Use SSH-1 protocol |
✓ | -2 | Use SSH-2 protocol | |
✓ | -4 | Use IPv4 addresses only | |
✓ | -6 | Use IPv6 addresses only | |
✓ | -a [src: |dest:[unix |mac |dos]] | Transfer files in ASCII mode | |
✓ | -a | No file-by-file statistics | |
✓ | -A | Print file-by-file statistics | |
✓ | ✓ | -B | Batch mode: disable prompting |
✓ | ✓ | -c cipher | Select encryption cipher |
✓ | -C | Enable compression | |
✓ | --checksum (yes |no) | Compare files by checksum (optimization) | |
✓ | ✓ | -d | Require target to be a directory when copying a single file |
✓ | -D debug_spec | Enable debug messages | |
✓ | ✓ | -f | Specify copy FROM (internal use) |
✓ | -F filename | Specify alternative configuration file | |
✓ | --force-lower-case | Rename destination files in all lowercase | |
✓ | -h | Print help message | |
✓ | ✓ | -i filename | Select identity file |
✓ | -I | Interactive mode: prompt before overwriting | |
✓ | -l kilobits_per_second | Limit bandwidth | |
✓ | -M num | Set maximum number of requests to
| |
✓ | -n | Print actions, but don’t copy | |
✓ | ✓ | -o “keyword value” | Set configuration keyword |
✓ | --overwrite (yes |no) | Do/don’t overwrite existing files | |
✓ | ✓ | -p | Preserve file attributes |
✓ | ✓ | -P port | Select TCP port number |
✓ | ✓ | -q | Quiet mode |
✓ | -Q | Don’t print statistics | |
✓ | ✓ | -r | Recursive copy |
✓ | ✓ | -S filename | Path to ssh executable |
✓ | --statistics (yes |no |simple) | Verbosity level for statistics | |
✓ | ✓ | -t | Specify copy TO (internal use) |
✓ | -u | Remove original file after copying | |
✓ | ✓ | -v | Verbose mode |
✓ | -V | Print version number | |
✓ | -W | Always transfer whole ... |
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