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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 (need to be
specified only if different from those of logged-on user). If
hostname is omitted, the destination is the local machine. If
hostname is specified as a full DNS name such as

george .

mtit.com , the
username must be specified; otherwise, the last part of the DNS name
(here

.com ) is 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 command creates the directory

/tmp/pub on

BONGO and copies the contents of

C:\pub to this directory.

Notes

• WS2003 doesn't include a

  rshd
  daemon, so rcp is used mainly to copy files
  between Windows and Unix machines.

• rcp doesn't prompt for a password
  before copying. You get around this by using the
  .

  rhosts file in the user's home
  directory on the

  rshd server to specify which
  remote hostnames and usernames are allowed to use
  rcp to copy files to or from the
  

  rshd server.

See Also

rexec, rsh,
telnet