rcp

rcp

Stands for remote copy command, which copies files between the client and a host running the rshd daemon.

 rcp [-a  -b] [-h] [-r] [   hostname   ][.   username   :]source [   hostname   ] [.   username   :]destination

-a: Switches to ASCII mode (the default), which converts end-of-line control characters between MS-DOS and Unix format.
-b: Switches to binary mode (used to copy binary files such as images).
-h: Also copies hidden files.
-r: Recursively copies all subdirectories and their contents.
hostname[.username]: Specifies the destination host running the rshd daemon and the credentials used for accessing the server (need to be specified only if different from those of logged-on user ). If hostname is omitted, the destination is the local machine. If hostname is specified as a full DNS name such as george . mtit.com , the username must be specified; otherwise , the last part of the DNS name (here .com ) is interpreted as the username.
source: Indicates files or directories to be copied (include path if needed).
destination: Specifies target directory on rshd machine (path can be absolute or relative).

Recursively copy the pub directory and its contents from the local machine to a remote Unix machine as user mitcht :

  rcp -r C:\pub bongo.mitcht:/tmp

This command creates the directory /tmp/pub on BONGO and copies the contents of C:\pub to this directory.

WS2003 doesn't include a rshd daemon, so rcp is used mainly to copy files between Windows and Unix machines.
rcp doesn't prompt for a password before copying. You get around this by using the . rhosts file in the user's home directory on the rshd server to specify which remote hostnames and usernames are allowed to use rcp to copy files to or from the rshd server.