SCP(1)

NAME
scp - secure copy (remote file copy program)

SYNOPSIS
scp [-346BCpqrv] [-c cipher] [-F ssh_config] [-i identity_file] [-l limit] [-o ssh_option] [-P port] [-S program] source... target

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). scp will ask for passwords or passphrases if they are needed for authentication. The source and target may be specified as a local pathname, a remote host with optional path in the form [user@]host:[path,] or a URI in the form scp://[user@]host[:port][/path.] Local file names can be made explicit using absolute or relative pathnames to avoid scp treating file names containing `:' as host specifiers. When copying between two remote hosts, if the URI format is used, a port may only be specified on the target if the -3 option is used. The options are as follows:

-3  Copies between two remote hosts are transferred through the local host. Without this option the data is copied directly between the two remote hosts. Note that this option disables the progress meter.

-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 public key 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

BindInterface

CanonicalDomains

CanonicalizeFallbackLocal

CanonicalizeHostname

CanonicalizeMaxDots

CanonicalizePermittedCNAMEs

CASignatureAlgorithms

CertificateFile

ChallengeResponseAuthentication

CheckHostIP

Ciphers

Compression

ConnectionAttempts

ConnectTimeout

ControlMaster

ControlPath

ControlPersist

GlobalKnownHostsFile

GSSAPIAuthentication

GSSAPIDelegateCredentials

HashKnownHosts

Host

HostbasedAuthentication

HostbasedKeyTypes

HostKeyAlgorithms

HostKeyAlias

HostName

IdentitiesOnly

IdentityAgent

IdentityFile

IPQoS

KbdInteractiveAuthentication

KbdInteractiveDevices

KexAlgorithms

LogLevel

MACs

NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost

NumberOfPasswordPrompts

PasswordAuthentication

PKCS11Provider

Port

PreferredAuthentications

ProxyCommand

ProxyJump

PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes

PubkeyAuthentication

RekeyLimit

SendEnv

ServerAliveInterval

ServerAliveCountMax

SetEnv

StrictHostKeyChecking

TCPKeepAlive

UpdateHostKeys

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.

-p  Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the original file.

-q  Quiet mode: disables the progress meter as well as warning and diagnostic messages from ssh(1).

-r  Recursively copy entire directories. Note that scp follows symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal.

-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.

EXIT STATUS
Ex -std scp

SEE ALSO
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 program in Bx source code from the Regents of the University of California.

AUTHORS
Timo Rinne <Mt tri@iki.fi> Tatu Ylonen <Mt ylo@cs.hut.fi>