NAME

     rcp - remote file copy


SYNOPSIS

     rcp [-p] file1 file2
     rcp [-pr] file ...  directory


DESCRIPTION

     Rcp copies files between machines.  Each file  or  directory
     argument   is   either  a  remote  file  name  of  the  form
     ``rhost:path'', or a local  file  name  (containing  no  `:'
     characters, or a `/' before any `:'s).

     If the -r option is specified and any of  the  source  files
     are  directories,  rcp  copies  each  subtree rooted at that
     name; in this case the destination must be a directory.

     By default, the mode and owner of file2 are preserved if  it
     already existed; otherwise the mode of the source file modi-
     fied by the umask(2) on the destination host is  used.   The
     -p  option  causes rcp to attempt to preserve (duplicate) in
     its copies the modification times and modes  of  the  source
     files, ignoring the umask.

     If path is not a full path name, it is interpreted  relative
     to  your  login directory on rhost.  A path on a remote host
     may be quoted (using \, ", or ') so that the  metacharacters
     are interpreted remotely.

     Rcp does not prompt for passwords; your current  local  user
     name  must exist on rhost and allow remote command execution
     via rsh(1).

     Rcp handles third party copies,  where  neither  source  nor
     target files are on the current machine.  Hostnames may also
     take the form ``rname@rhost'' to use rname rather  than  the
     current user name on the remote host.  The destination host-
     name may also take the form ``rhost.rname'' to support  des-
     tination machines that are running 4.2BSD versions of rcp.


SEE ALSO

     cp(1), ftp(1), rsh(1), rlogin(1).


BUGS

     Doesn't detect all cases where the target of a copy might be
     a file in cases where only a directory should be legal.
     Is confused by any output generated by commands in  a  .pro-
     file, or .*shrc file on the remote host.