scp [-pqrvBC46] [-F ssh_config] [-S program] [-P  port]  [-c
cipher]
         [-i  identity_file] [-o ssh_option] [[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:

     -c cipher
             Selects  the  cipher  to use for encrypting the data
transfer.  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).

     -p      Preserves  modification  times,  access  times,  and
modes from the
             original file.

     -r      Recursively copy entire directories.

     -v      Verbose mode.  Causes scp and ssh(1) to print debug-
ging messages
             about their progress.  This is helpful in  debugging
connection,
             authentication, and configuration problems.

     -B      Selects batch mode (prevents asking for passwords or
             passphrases).

     -q      Disables the progress meter.

             reserved for preserving the times and modes  of  the
file in
             rcp(1).

     -S program
             Name of program to use for the encrypted connection.
The program
             must understand ssh(1) options.

     -o ssh_option
             Can be used to pass options to  ssh  in  the  format
used in the
             ssh(1) configuration file. This is useful for speci-
fying options
             for which there  is  no  separate  scp  command-line
flag.  For examM--
             ple, forcing the use of protocol version 1 is speci-
fied using scp
             -oProtocol=1.

     -4      Forces scp to use IPv4 addresses only.

     -6      Forces scp to use IPv6 addresses only.

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

AUTHORS
     Timo Rinne <tri@iki.fi> and Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>

HISTORY
     scp is based on the rcp(1) program in BSD source  code  from
the Regents of
     the University of California.

SEE ALSO
     rcp(1),  sftp(1), ssh(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-agent(1), ssh-key-
gen(1), sshd(8)

BSD                                September       25,       1999
BSD