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.
File names may contain a user and host specification to indicate that the
file is to be copied to/from that host. Local file names can be made
explicit using absolute or relative pathnames to avoid scp treating file
names containing ':' as host specifiers. Copies between two remote hosts
are also 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 com
- pression.
- -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 public
key authentication is read. This option is directly passed to
ssh(1). - -l limit
- Limits the used bandwidth, specified in Kbit/s.
- -o ssh_option
- 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
HashKnownHosts
Host
HostbasedAuthentication
HostKeyAlgorithms
HostKeyAlias
HostName
IdentityFile
IdentitiesOnly
KbdInteractiveDevices
LogLevel
MACs
NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost
NumberOfPasswordPrompts
PasswordAuthentication
PKCS11Provider
Port
PreferredAuthentications
Protocol
ProxyCommand
PubkeyAuthentication
RekeyLimit
RhostsRSAAuthentication
RSAAuthentication
SendEnv
ServerAliveInterval
ServerAliveCountMax
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.
- -q Quiet mode: disables the progress meter as well as warning and
- diagnostic messages from ssh(1).
- -r Recursively copy entire directories. Note that scp follows sym
- bolic links encountered in the tree traversal.
- -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. - The scp utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
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>