SCP(1) UNIX System V (September 25, 1999) SCP(1)
NAME
scp - secure copy (remote file copy program)
SYNOPSIS
scp [-1246BCpqrv] [-c cipher] [-F ssh_config] [-i
identity_file] [-l limit] [-o ssh_option] [-P port] [-S
program] [[user@]host1:]file1 [...] [[user@]host2:]file2
DESCRIPTION
scp copies files between hosts on a network. It uses ssh(1)
for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and
provides the same security as ssh(1). Unlike rcp(1), scp
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:
-1 Forces scp to use protocol 1.
-2 Forces scp to use protocol 2.
-4 Forces scp to use IPv4 addresses only.
-6 Forces scp to use IPv6 addresses only.
-B Selects batch mode (prevents asking for passwords or
passphrases).
-C Compression enable. Passes the -C flag to ssh(1) to
enable compression.
-c cipher
Selects the cipher to use for encrypting the data
transfer. This option is directly passed to ssh(1).
-F ssh_config
Specifies an alternative per-user configuration file
for ssh. This option is directly passed to ssh(1).
-i identity_file
Selects the file from which the identity (private key)
for RSA authentication is read. This option is
directly passed to ssh(1).
-l limit
Limits the used bandwidth, specified in Kbit/s.
-o ssh_option
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Can be used to pass options to ssh in the format used
in ssh_config(5). This is useful for specifying
options for which there is no separate scp command-line
flag. For full details of the options listed below,
and their possible values, see ssh_config(5).
AddressFamily
BatchMode
BindAddress
ChallengeResponseAuthentication
CheckHostIP
Cipher
Ciphers
Compression
CompressionLevel
ConnectionAttempts
ConnectTimeout
ControlMaster
ControlPath
GlobalKnownHostsFile
GSSAPIAuthentication
GSSAPIDelegateCredentials
Host
HostbasedAuthentication
HostKeyAlgorithms
HostKeyAlias
HostName
IdentityFile
IdentitiesOnly
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LogLevel
MACs
NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost
NumberOfPasswordPrompts
PasswordAuthentication
Port
PreferredAuthentications
Protocol
ProxyCommand
PubkeyAuthentication
RhostsRSAAuthentication
RSAAuthentication
SendEnv
ServerAliveInterval
ServerAliveCountMax
SmartcardDevice
StrictHostKeyChecking
TCPKeepAlive
UsePrivilegedPort
User
UserKnownHostsFile
VerifyHostKeyDNS
-P port
Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host.
Note that this option is written with a capital `P',
because -p is already reserved for preserving the times
and modes of the file in rcp(1).
-p Preserves modification times, access times, and modes
from the original file.
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SCP(1) UNIX System V (September 25, 1999) SCP(1)-q Disables the progress meter.
-r Recursively copy entire directories.
-S program
Name of program to use for the encrypted connection.
The program must understand ssh(1) options.
-v Verbose mode. Causes scp and ssh(1) to print debugging
messages about their progress. This is helpful in
debugging connection, authentication, and configuration
problems.
DIAGNOSTICS
scp exits with 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
SEE ALSO
rcp(1), sftp(1), ssh(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-agent(1), ssh-
keygen(1), ssh_config(5), sshd(8)
HISTORY
scp is based on the rcp(1) program in BSD source code from
the Regents of the University of California.
AUTHORS
Timo Rinne <tri@iki.fi>
Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
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