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RCP(1C)								       RCP(1C)

NAME
       rcp - remote file copy

SYNOPSIS
       rcp [ -p ] file1 file2
       rcp [ -rp ] 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 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 modified 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(1C).

       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.

       Please note:  rcp is meant to copy from one host to another; if by some
       chance you try to copy a file on top of itself, you will end up with  a
       severely	 corrupted  file  (for	example, if you executed the following
       command	   from	    host     george:	 `george%     rcp     testfile
       george:/usr/me/testfile').    Remember  where  you  are	at  all	 times
       (putting your hostname in your prompt helps with this)!

SEE ALSO
       ftp(1C), rsh(1C), rlogin(1C)

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 .login, .profile,
       or .cshrc file on the remote host.

       rcp doesn't copy ownership, mode, and timestamps to the new files.

       rcp requires that the source host have permission to  execute  commands
       on the remote host when doing third-party copies.

       If  you forget to quote metacharacters intended for the remote host you
       get an incomprehensible error message.

			       23 September 1985		       RCP(1C)

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