NAME
     scp - secure copy (remote file copy program)


SYNOPSIS
     scp [-prvC] [-P port] [-c cipher] [-i identity]
          [[user@]host1:]filename1...  [[user@]host2:]filename2


DESCRIPTION
     Scp copies files between hosts on a network.   It  uses  ssh
     for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and pro-
     vides the same security as ssh. Unlike rcp, ssh will ask for
     passwords  or passphrases if they are needed for authentica-
     tion.

     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.


OPTIONS
     -c cipher
           Selects the cipher to  use  for  encrypting  the  data
           transfer.  This option is directly passed to ssh.

     -i identity_file
           Selects the file from which the identity (private key)
           for  RSA  authentication  is  read.   This  option  is
           directly passed to ssh.

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

     -r     Recursively copy entire directories.

     -v     Verbose mode.  Causes scp and ssh to print  debugging
           messages  about  their  progress.   This is helpful in
           debugging connection, authentication,  and  configura-
           tion problems.

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

     -C     Compression enable.  Passes the -C  flag  to  ssh  to
           enable compression.

     -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.

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


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


SEE ALSO
     ssh(1), sshd(8),  ssh-keygen(1),  ssh-agent(1),  ssh-add(1),
     rcp(1)