5 .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
7 .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
8 .\" All rights reserved
10 .\" Created: Sun May 7 00:14:37 1995 ylo
14 .Dd September 25, 1999
19 .Nd secure copy (remote file copy program)
25 .Op Fl i Ar identity_file
41 copies files between hosts on a network. It uses
43 for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the
49 will ask for passwords or passphrases if they are needed for
52 Any file name may contain a host and user specification to indicate
53 that the file is to be copied to/from that host. Copies between two
54 remote hosts are permitted.
56 The options are as follows:
59 Selects the cipher to use for encrypting the data transfer. This
60 option is directly passed to
62 .It Fl i Ar identity_file
63 Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for RSA
64 authentication is read. This option is directly passed to
67 Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the
70 Recursively copy entire directories.
76 to print debugging messages about their progress. This is helpful in
77 debugging connection, authentication, and configuration problems.
79 Selects batch mode (prevents asking for passwords or passphrases).
81 Disables the progress meter.
83 Compression enable. Passes the
87 to enable compression.
89 Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host. Note that this
90 option is written with a capital
94 is already reserved for preserving the times and modes of the file in
99 to use IPv4 addresses only.
103 to use IPv6 addresses only.
105 Timo Rinne <tri@iki.fi> and Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
110 program in BSD source code from the Regents of the University of