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1.1     ! root        1: .TH RCP 1C "17 March 1982"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: rcp \- remote file copy
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B rcp
        !             7: file1 file2
        !             8: .br
        !             9: .B rcp
        !            10: [
        !            11: .B \-r
        !            12: ] file ... directory
        !            13: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            14: .I Rcp
        !            15: copies files between machines.  Each
        !            16: .I file
        !            17: or
        !            18: .I directory
        !            19: argument is either a remote file name of the
        !            20: form ``rhost:path'', or a local file name (containing no `:' characters,
        !            21: or a `/' before any `:'s.)
        !            22: .PP
        !            23: If the
        !            24: .B \-r
        !            25: is specified and any of the source files are directories,
        !            26: .I rcp
        !            27: copies each subtree rooted at that name; in this case
        !            28: the destination must be a directory.
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: If
        !            31: .I path
        !            32: is not a full path name, it is interpreted relative to
        !            33: your login directory on 
        !            34: .IR rhost .
        !            35: A 
        !            36: .I path
        !            37: on a remote host may be quoted (using \e, ", or \(aa)
        !            38: so that the metacharacters are interpreted remotely.
        !            39: .PP
        !            40: .I Rcp
        !            41: does not prompt for passwords; your current local user name
        !            42: must exist on
        !            43: .I rhost
        !            44: and allow remote command execution via
        !            45: .IR rsh (1C).
        !            46: .PP
        !            47: .I Rcp
        !            48: handles third party copies, where neither source nor target files
        !            49: are on the current machine.
        !            50: Hostnames may also take the form ``rhost.rname'' to use
        !            51: .I rname
        !            52: rather than the current user name on the remote host.
        !            53: For example, for the current user is 
        !            54: .I user1 
        !            55: and his local host is 
        !            56: .I host1,
        !            57: then the following command
        !            58: .RS
        !            59: 
        !            60: rcp host2.userB:filea host3.userC:fileb
        !            61: 
        !            62: .RE
        !            63: will copy
        !            64: .I filea
        !            65: in the home directory of 
        !            66: .I userB@host2
        !            67: to
        !            68: .I fileb
        !            69: in the home directory of
        !            70: .I userC@host3
        !            71: provided that the entry "host1 userA" is in
        !            72: .I .rhosts
        !            73: of 
        !            74: .I userB@host2,
        !            75: and "host2 userB" in
        !            76: .I .rhosts
        !            77: of 
        !            78: .I userC@host3.
        !            79: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            80: ftp(1C), rsh(1C), rlogin(1C)
        !            81: .SH FILES
        !            82: /etc/hosts.equiv
        !            83: .br
        !            84: ".rhosts" in user's home directory
        !            85: .SH BUGS
        !            86: Doesn't detect all cases where the target of a copy might
        !            87: be a file in cases where only a directory should be legal.
        !            88: .PP
        !            89: Users might be confused by any output generated by commands in a
        !            90: \&.login, \&.profile, or \&.cshrc file on the remote host. Particularly,
        !            91: commands setting terminal attributes in the shell startup files 
        !            92: of remote accounts might fail
        !            93: since the remote shell is not associated with terminals.
        !            94: .PP
        !            95: See also
        !            96: .I .rlogin
        !            97: for the bugs on parsing the equivalence list in
        !            98: .I /etc/.rhosts
        !            99: or
        !           100: .I .rhosts
        !           101: in the user home directory.
        !           102: .PP

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