Rcp
copies files between machines. Each
file
or
directory
argument is either a remote file name of the
form ``rname@rhost:path'', or a local file name (containing no `:' characters,
or a `/' before any `:'s).
-r
If any of the source files are directories,
rcp
copies each subtree rooted at that name; in this case
the destination must be a directory.
-p
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
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.
If
path
is not a full path name, it is interpreted relative to
the login directory of the specified user
ruser
on
rhost
or your current user name if no other remote user name is specified.
A
path
on a remote host may be quoted (using \, ", or ´)
so that the metacharacters are interpreted remotely.
Rcp
does not prompt for passwords; it performs remote execution
via
rsh(1),
and requires the same authorization.
Rcp
handles third party copies, where neither source nor target files
are on the current machine.
