Name
rcp
Synopsis
Stands for remote copy command, which copies files between the client and a host running the rshd daemon.
Syntax
rcp [-a | -b] [-h] [-r] [hostname
][.username
:]source
[hostname
] [.username
:]destination
Options
-
-a
Switches to ASCII mode (the default), which converts end-of-line control characters between MS-DOS and Unix format.
-
-b
Switches to binary mode (used to copy binary files such as images).
-
-h
Also copies hidden files.
-
-r
Recursively copies all subdirectories and their contents.
-
hostname
[.
username
]
Specifies the destination host running the rshd daemon and the credentials used for accessing the server (only needs to be specified if different from those of logged-on user). If
hostname
is omitted, then the destination is the local machine. Ifhostname
is specified as a full DNS name such as george.mtit.com, then the username must be specified; otherwise, the last part of the DNS name (here .com) will be interpreted as the username.-
source
Indicates files or directories to be copied (include path if needed).
-
destination
Specifies target directory on rshd machine (path can be absolute or relative).
Examples
Recursively copy the pub directory and its contents from the local machine to a remote Unix machine as user mitcht:
rcp -r C:\pub bongo.mitcht:/tmp
This will create the directory /tmp/pub on BONGO and copy the contents of C:\pub to this directory.
Notes
Windows 2000 does not include a rshd deamon, so
rcp
is used mainly for copying files between Windows 2000 and Unix ...
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