RCP(1) User Commands RCP(1) NAME rcp - Remote copy SYNOPSIS rcp [OPTION...] SOURCE DEST rcp [OPTION...] SOURCE... DIRECTORY rcp [OPTION...] --target-directory=DIRECTORY SOURCE... DESCRIPTION Remote copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY. -4, --ipv4 use only IPv4 -6, --ipv6 use only IPv6 -d, --target-directory[=DIRECTORY] copy all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY -f, --from copying from remote host (server use only) -p, --preserve attempt to preserve (duplicate) in its copies the modification times and modes of the source files -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 -t, --to copying to remote host (server use only) -?, --help give this help list --usage give a short usage message -V, --version print program version Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options. AUTHOR Written by many authors. REPORTING BUGS Report bugs to . COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO The full documentation for rcp is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and rcp programs are properly installed at your site, the command info rcp should give you access to the complete manual. GNU inetutils 2.5 December 2023 RCP(1)