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.
Any file name may contain a host and user specification to indicate
that the file is to be copied to/from that host.
Copies between two remote hosts are 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 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 RSA
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_config5.
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_config5.
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
Port
PreferredAuthentications
Protocol
ProxyCommand
PubkeyAuthentication
RekeyLimit
RhostsRSAAuthentication
RSAAuthentication
SendEnv
ServerAliveInterval
ServerAliveCountMax
SmartcardDevice
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
Disables the progress meter.
-r
Recursively copy entire directories.
-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.
DIAGNOSTICS
scp
exits with 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
