rcp1
Remote copy
Usage
rcp [OPTION ...]
SOURCE
DEST
rcp [OPTION ...]
SOURCE ...
DIRECTORY
rcp [OPTION ...]
--target-directory=DIRECTORY
SOURCE ...
Overview
Remote copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.
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-4, --ipv4 -
use only IPv4
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-6, --ipv6 -
use only IPv6
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-d, --target-directory[=DIRECTORY] -
copy all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY
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-f, --from -
copying from remote host (server use only)
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-p, --preserve -
attempt to preserve (duplicate) in its copies the modification times and modes of the source files
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-r, --recursive -
if any of the source files are directories, copies each subtree rooted at that name; in this case the destination must be a directory
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-t, --to -
copying to remote host (server use only)
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-?, --help -
give this help list
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--usage -
give a short usage message
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-V, --version -
print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.
Releases
8 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 3 times.
--from since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--help since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--ipv4 since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--ipv6 since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--preserve since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--recursive since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--target-directory since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--to since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--usage since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--version since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-4 since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-6 since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-? since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-V since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-d since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-f since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-t since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.
-D until Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-N until Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-PN until Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-PO until Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-k until Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-x until Debian 3.0 (Woody).