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This command is available with the Networking software installation option. Refer to [a manual with the abbreviation INSTALL] for information on how to install optional software.
hostname:path
or a local file name (containing no `:' characters, or a `/' before any `:'s).
If a filename is not a full path name, it is interpreted relative to your home directory on hostname. A path on a remote host may be quoted (using \, ", or ') so that the metacharacters are interpreted remotely.
rcp does not prompt for passwords; your current local user name must exist on hostname and allow remote command execution by rsh.1c
rcp handles third party copies, where neither source nor target files are on the current machine. Hostnames may also take the form
username@hostname:filename
to use username rather than your current local user name as the user name on the remote host. rcp also supports Internet domain addressing of the remote host, so that:
username@host.domain:filename
specifies the username to be used, the hostname, and the domain in which that host resides. Filenames that are not full path names will be interpreted relative to the home directory of the user named username, on the remote host.
The destination hostname may also take the form hostname.username:filename to support destination machines that are running older versions of rcp.
rcp does not detect all cases where the target of a copy might be a file in cases where only a directory should be legal.
rcp
can become confused by output generated by commands in a
.profile,
.cshrc,
or
.login
file on the remote host.
rcp requires that the source host have permission to execute commands on the remote host when doing third-party copies.
If you forget to quote metacharacters intended for the remote host you get an incomprehensible error message.
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Created by unroff & hp-tools. © somebody (See intro for details). All Rights Reserved. Last modified 11/5/97