Silicon Graphics IRIS Workstation User Manual page 124

XCP(1)
NAME
xcp - remote file copy
SYNOPSIS
xcp file1 file2
xcp [ -r ] file... directory
DESCRIPTION
xcp copies files between machines. file1 is copied to file2 or file is copied to
directory/file.
Each file or directory argument is either a remote file name of the form rhost:path,
or a local file name (with a '/' inserted before any ':'s). The login name of
the user sending a file over the network must be recognized by the remote
machine or rhost may take the form rhost.rname to use rname rather than the
current login name on the remote host. xcp does not prompt for passwords;
your current local login name must exist on rhost and allow remote command
execution via xlogin(l). If path is not a full path name, it is interpreted relative
to your login directory on rhost. A path on a remote host may be quoted (using
\, ", or ') so that the metacharacters are interpreted remotely. xcp handles
third party copies, where neither source nor target files are on the current
machine.
If the argument -r is specified and any of the source files are directories, xcp
copies each subtree rooted at that name; in this case the destination must be
a directory.
SEE ALSO
xlogin(1), xx(1)
BUGS
Doesn't detect all cases where the target of a copy might be a file in cases
where only a directory should be legal.
Is confused by any output generated by commands in a .login, .profile, or .cshrc
file on the remote host.
Version 1.0
Silicon Graphics
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XCP(1)
October 1984