SCP2

Section: SSH2 (1)
Updated: June 29, 1998
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NAME

scp2 - secure copy client

 

SYNOPSIS

scp2 [-D debug_level_spec] [-d ] [-p ] [-n ] [-u ] [-v ] [-h ] [-c  cipher ] [-S ssh2-path] [-P ssh2-port] [-t ] [-f ] [-1 ] [-r ] [[user@]host[#port]:]file ... [[user@]host[#port]:]file_or_dir

 

DESCRIPTION

Scp2 (Secure Copy) is used in copying files over the network securely. It uses ssh2 for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the same security as ssh2 . Unlike rcp, scp2 will ask for passwords or passphrases if they are needed for authentication.

Any filename may contain a host, user and port specification to indicate that the file is to be copied to/from that host. Copies between two remote hosts are permitted. ``file'' can contain wildcards ``*'' and ``?'', in which case they are expanded by scp2. These wildcards can be escaped by a ``\'', in which case the wildcard is not expanded.

 

OPTIONS

-D debug_level_spec
Print extensive debug information to stderr. debug_level_spec is a number, from 0 to 99, where 99 specifies that all debug information should be displayed.
-d
With this option, scp2 will make sure that the destination file is a directory. If not, scp2 will exit with an error message.
-p
Tells scp2 to preserve file attributes and timestamps.
-n
Makes scp2 show what operations would've been done, without actually copying any files.
-u
Makes scp2 remove source-files after copying.
-v
Makes scp2 verbose. This is equal to specifying `-D 2'-option.
-h
Display short help.
-c cipher
Select encryption algorithm, that ssh2 will use. Multiple -c options are allowed and a single -c flag can have only one cipher.
-S ssh2-path
Specifies the path to ssh2 used in connecting.
-P ssh2-port
Specifies the remote port to ssh2 . Ports can also be defined in a file-to-file basis. See SYNOPSIS .
-t or -f
These options are reserved for scp1 compatibility mode. If they are used with scp2, it gives them as arguments to scp1 to handle the connection.
-1
This option invokes scp1 with given arguments. The ``-1'' is removed from the list, however, because scp1 doesn't understand this option. Because of this, it is wise to give this option as the first argument to scp2 and separated from other arguments. Otherwise, it probably won't work.
-r
This option specifies, that scp2 should copy directories recursively. Does not follow symbolic links.

 

INSTALLATION

Scp2 uses ssh2 in network connections. Therefore it is not installed suid-root. Notice that subsystem `sftp-server' must be defined in sshd2(8)'s configuration file in the remote end for scp2 to work.  

AUTHORS

SSH Communications Security Ltd

For more information, see http://www.ssh.com.

 

SEE ALSO

ssh2(1), sshd2(8), ssh-keygen2(1), ssh-agent2(1), ssh-add2(1), sftp(1) rlogin(1), rsh(1), telnet(1)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
INSTALLATION
AUTHORS
SEE ALSO

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