lcp(1)

lcp1

Secure remote file copy

Usage

lcp [-fvn] [[user@] host1:] file1 [[user@] host2:] file2

Overview

lcp is a program that securely copies files between two hosts on a network. This is intended as a secure replacement for rcp(1). Note that both the source and the destination can be on remote machines.

Options

Available options:

--help

Show summary of options.

-f, --force

Overwrite existing files.

-v, --version

Display commands before they are executed.

-n, --dry-run

Don't execute any commands. Implies -v.

Environment

LSFTP_RSH

The program to use for the SSH tunnel. If the variable is not set, lcp defaults to using lsh.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0–12

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

Author

The lsh program suite is written mainly by Niels Möller <[email protected]>. This man-page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux system by Charles Fry <[email protected]>.

From lsh-client 2.1-13+b1 in Debian 12 (Bookworm). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.