scp(1) - Linux man page

Name

Synopsis

Description

copies files between hosts on a network. It uses for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the same security as Unlike will ask for passwords or passphrases if they are needed for authentication. Any file name may contain a host and user specification to indicate that the file is to be copied to/from that host. Copies between two remote hosts are permitted. The options are as follows: Forces to use protocol 1. Forces to use protocol 2. Forces to use IPv4 addresses only. Forces to use IPv6 addresses only. Selects batch mode (prevents asking for passwords or passphrases). Compression enable. Passes the flag to to enable compression. Selects the cipher to use for encrypting the data transfer. This option is directly passed to Specifies an alternative per-user configuration file for This option is directly passed to Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for RSA authentication is read. This option is directly passed to Limits the used bandwidth, specified in Kbit/s. Can be used to pass options to in the format used in This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate command-line flag. For full details of the options listed below, and their possible values, see Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host. Note that this option is written with a capital because is already reserved for preserving the times and modes of the file in Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the original file. Disables the progress meter. Recursively copy entire directories. Name of to use for the encrypted connection. The program must understand options. Verbose mode. Causes and to print debugging messages about their progress. This is helpful in debugging connection, authentication, and configuration problems.

Diagnostics

exits with 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.

History

is based on the program in BSD source code from the Regents of the University of California.

Authors

Referenced By

mirrordir(1), openvpn(8), pftp(1), rbldnsd(8), rssh(1), rssh.conf(5), ztelnet(1)