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)
26 .Op Fl i Ar identity_file
43 copies files between hosts on a network.
46 for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the
52 will ask for passwords or passphrases if they are needed for
55 Any file name may contain a host and user specification to indicate
56 that the file is to be copied to/from that host.
57 Copies between two remote hosts are permitted.
59 The options are as follows:
62 Selects the cipher to use for encrypting the data transfer.
63 This option is directly passed to
65 .It Fl i Ar identity_file
66 Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for RSA
67 authentication is read.
68 This option is directly passed to
71 Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the
74 Recursively copy entire directories.
81 to print debugging messages about their progress.
83 debugging connection, authentication, and configuration problems.
85 Selects batch mode (prevents asking for passwords or passphrases).
87 Disables the progress meter.
94 to enable compression.
96 Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host.
97 Note that this option is written with a capital
101 is already reserved for preserving the times and modes of the file in
106 to use for the encrypted connection.
107 The program must understand
111 The given option is directly passed to
116 to use IPv4 addresses only.
120 to use IPv6 addresses only.
123 Timo Rinne <tri@iki.fi> and Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
128 program in BSD source code from the Regents of the University of