rcopy(1)

rcopy1

Simple file copy over rdma.

Usage

rcopy source server [:destination] [-p port]

rcopy [-p port]

Overview

Uses sockets over RDMA interface to copy a source file to the specified destination.

Options

source

The name and path of the source file to copy.

server

The name or address of the destination server.

:destination

An optional destination filename and path. If not given, the destination filename will match that of the source.

-p server_port

The server's port number.

Basic usage is to start rcopy on a server system, then run

Notes

rcopy sourcefile servername. The server application will continue to run after copying the file, but is currently single-threaded.

Because this test maps RDMA resources to userspace, users must ensure that they have available system resources and permissions. See the libibverbs README file for additional details.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 10–Arch

From rdma-core 65.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.