NAME

netcp − remote copy of files through the net

SYNOPSIS

netcp [ −l login ] [ −p password ] [ −f ] [ −n ] [ −q ] fromfile tofile

DESCRIPTION

Netcp copies files between machines and is similar to cp(1). At least one of fromfile and tofile must be remote.  The −l, −p, −f, −q, and −n behave exactly as in net(1).

Fromfile and tofile follow these conventions:

1.  A simple filename is assumed to be local and from the current directory. 

2.  A filename preceded by a machine designator (see below) is a reference to a file on the specified remote machine.  If a full pathname is not given, it is assumed to be from the login directory. 

Examples:

    grades.pfile in the current directory on local machine

    C:junkfile in your login directory on C

    /usr/lib/pqfile on local machine

    C:comp/c2.cfile in a subdirectory on C machine

When files are being “fetched”, that is, the fromfile is remote and the tofile is local, the tofile is created zero-length mode 600.  For security reasons, when the “fetched” file’s contents arrive at the local machine, the file must still be zero-length and mode 0600.  No confirmation is sent to the user that the file has been “fetched”; a non-zero file length indicates completion. 

Netcp executes the net(1) command.

SEE ALSO

net(1), netrm(1), netq(1), netlog(1), netlpr(1), netmail(1), netlogin(1), cp(1), mail(1)

AUTHOR

Eric Schmidt

BUGS

The second filename may not be defaulted to a directory name as in cp(1), it must be given explicitly.
The file mode may or may not be set correctly.

th Berkeley Distribution  —  2/6/80