NAME

     scp — secure copy (remote file copy program)

SYNOPSIS

     scp [-12346BCpqrTv] [-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).  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.

     -3      Copies between two remote hosts are transferred through the local host.  Without
             this option the data is copied directly between the two remote hosts.  Note that
             this option disables the progress meter.

     -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 compression.

     -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
                   CanonicalDomains
                   CanonicalizeFallbackLocal
                   CanonicalizeHostname
                   CanonicalizeMaxDots
                   CanonicalizePermittedCNAMEs
                   CertificateFile
                   ChallengeResponseAuthentication
                   CheckHostIP
                   Cipher
                   Ciphers
                   Compression
                   CompressionLevel
                   ConnectionAttempts
                   ConnectTimeout
                   ControlMaster
                   ControlPath
                   ControlPersist
                   GlobalKnownHostsFile
                   GSSAPIAuthentication
                   GSSAPIDelegateCredentials
                   HashKnownHosts
                   Host
                   HostbasedAuthentication
                   HostbasedKeyTypes
                   HostKeyAlgorithms
                   HostKeyAlias
                   HostName
                   IdentityFile
                   IdentitiesOnly
                   IPQoS
                   KbdInteractiveAuthentication
                   KbdInteractiveDevices
                   KexAlgorithms
                   LogLevel
                   MACs
                   NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost
                   NumberOfPasswordPrompts
                   PasswordAuthentication
                   PKCS11Provider
                   Port
                   PreferredAuthentications
                   Protocol
                   ProxyCommand
                   PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes
                   PubkeyAuthentication
                   RekeyLimit
                   RhostsRSAAuthentication
                   RSAAuthentication
                   SendEnv
                   ServerAliveInterval
                   ServerAliveCountMax
                   StrictHostKeyChecking
                   TCPKeepAlive
                   UpdateHostKeys
                   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.

     -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 symbolic links
             encountered in the tree traversal.

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

     -T      Disable strict filename checking.  By default when copying files from a remote host
             to a local directory scp checks that the received filenames match those requested on
             the command-line to prevent the remote end from sending unexpected or unwanted
             files.  Because of differences in how various operating systems and shells interpret
             filename wildcards, these checks may cause wanted files to be rejected.  This option
             disables these checks at the expense of fully trusting that the server will not send
             unexpected filenames.

     -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.

EXIT STATUS

     The scp utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

     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 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>