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version 1.1.1.20, 2021/09/02 11:22:29

version 1.1.1.21, 2021/09/27 17:00:58

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.\" Created: Sun May 7 00:14:37 1995 ylo

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.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.100 2021/08/11 14:07:54 naddy Exp $

.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.105 2021/09/20 06:53:56 djm Exp $

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.Dd $Mdocdate: August 11 2021 $

.Dd $Mdocdate: September 20 2021 $

.Dt SCP 1

.Os

.Sh NAME

Line 37 It uses

.Xr ssh 1

for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the

same security as a login session.

The scp protocol requires execution of the remote user's shell to perform

.Xr glob 3

pattern matching.

.Pp

.Nm

will ask for passwords or passphrases if they are needed for

Line 79 The options are as follows:

Line 76 The options are as follows:

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, when using the legacy SCP protocol (the default), this option

Note that, when using the original SCP protocol (the default), this option

selects batch mode for the second host as

.Nm

cannot ask for passwords or passphrases for both hosts.

Line 112 This option is directly passed to

Line 109 This option is directly passed to

.Xr ssh 1 .

.It Fl D Ar sftp_server_path

When using the SFTP protocol support via

.Fl M ,

.Fl s ,

connect directly to a local SFTP server program rather than a

remote one via

.Xr ssh 1 .

Line 144 This option is directly passed to

Line 141 This option is directly passed to

.It Fl l Ar limit

Limits the used bandwidth, specified in Kbit/s.

.It Fl O

Use the legacy SCP protocol for file transfers instead of the SFTP protocol.

Use the original SCP protocol for file transfers instead of the SFTP protocol.

Forcing the use of the SCP protocol may be necessary for servers that do

not implement SFTP or for backwards-compatibility for particular filename

not implement SFTP, for backwards-compatibility for particular filename

wildcard patterns.

wildcard patterns and for expanding paths with a

.Sq ~

prefix for older SFTP servers.

This mode is the default.

.It Fl o Ar ssh_option

Can be used to pass options to

Line 229 Note that this option is written with a

Line 228 Note that this option is written with a

.Sq P ,

because

.Fl p

is already reserved for preserving the times and modes of the file.

is already reserved for preserving the times and mode bits of the file.

.It Fl p

Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the

Preserves modification times, access times, and file mode bits from the

original file.

source file.

.It Fl q

Quiet mode: disables the progress meter as well as warning and diagnostic

messages from

Line 259 The program must understand

Line 258 The program must understand

.Xr ssh 1

options.

.It Fl s

Use the SFTP protocol for file transfers instead of the legacy SCP protocol.

Use the SFTP protocol for transfers rather than the original scp protocol.

Using SFTP avoids invoking a shell on the remote side and provides

more predictable filename handling, as the SCP protocol

relied on the remote shell for expanding

.Xr glob 3

wildcards.

.Pp

A near-future release of OpenSSH will make the SFTP protocol the default.

This option will be deleted before the end of 2022.

.It Fl T

Disable strict filename checking.

By default when copying files from a remote host to a local directory

Line 307 source code from the Regents of the Univ

Line 298 source code from the Regents of the Univ

.Sh AUTHORS

.An Timo Rinne Aq Mt tri@iki.fi

.An Tatu Ylonen Aq Mt ylo@cs.hut.fi

.Sh CAVEATS

The original SCP protocol (used by default) requires execution of the

remote user's shell to perform

.Xr glob 3

pattern matching.

This requires careful quoting of any characters that have special meaning to

the remote shell, such as quote characters.

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