SCP(1)			  BSD General Commands Manual			SCP(1)

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 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
		   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
		   IdentitiesOnly
		   IdentityAgent
		   IdentityFile
		   IPQoS
		   KbdInteractiveAuthentication
		   KbdInteractiveDevices
		   KexAlgorithms
		   LogLevel
		   MACs
		   NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost
		   NumberOfPasswordPrompts
		   PasswordAuthentication
		   PKCS11Provider
		   Port
		   PreferredAuthentications
		   Protocol
		   ProxyCommand
		   ProxyJump
		   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 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.

     -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>

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