scp(1)

     NAME
          scp - secure copy (remote file copy program)

     SYNOPSIS
          scp [-1246BCpqrv] [-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).  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_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

          ChallengeResponseAuthentication

          CheckHostIP

          Cipher

          Ciphers

          Compression

          CompressionLevel

          ConnectionAttempts

          ConnectTimeout

          ControlMaster

          ControlPath

          GlobalKnownHostsFile

          GSSAPIAuthentication

          GSSAPIDelegateCredentials

          Host

          HostbasedAuthentication

          HostKeyAlgorithms

          HostKeyAlias

          HostName

          IdentityFile

          IdentitiesOnly
          LogLevel

          MACs

          NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost

          NumberOfPasswordPrompts

          PasswordAuthentication

          Port

          PreferredAuthentications

          Protocol

          ProxyCommand

          PubkeyAuthentication

          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.

     SEE ALSO
          rcp(1), 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(1) 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>