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Rcp stands for remote copy. It is like cp, but between two separate machines. In order to use rcp, you must have an account on both machines, and have a .rhosts file on the machines involved ( Note: .rhost files are a security risk and should only be used if absolutely necessary). The rcp command has the following format:
rcp host1: file1 host2: file2
This will transfer file1 on machine host1 to file2 on machine host2. If the host is left out, then it defaults to the current machine. An example of transferring a file from rigel to the current machine would be:
rcp rigel.cs.pdx.edu:myprogram.c localprogram.c
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