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pscp: command-line SCP (secure copy) / SFTP client

NAME

pscp - command-line SCP (secure copy) / SFTP client

SYNOPSIS

pscp [options[user@]host:source target
pscp [optionssource [source...] [user@]host:target
pscp [options-ls [user@]host:filespec

DESCRIPTION

pscp is a command-line client for the SSH-based SCP (secure copy) and SFTP (secure file transfer protocol) protocols.

OPTIONS

The command-line options supported by pscp are:

-V
Show version information and exit.
-pgpfp
Display the fingerprints of the PuTTY PGP Master Keys and exit, to aid in verifying new files released by the PuTTY team.
-ls
Remote directory listing.
-p
Preserve file attributes.
-q
Quiet, don't show statistics.
-r
Copy directories recursively.
-unsafe
Allow server-side wildcards (DANGEROUS).
-v
Show verbose messages.
-load session
Load settings from saved session.
-P port
Connect to port port.
-l user
Set remote username to user.
-batch
Disable interactive prompts.
-pw password
Set remote password to password. CAUTION: this will likely make the password visible to other users of the local machine (via commands such as `w').
-1
Force use of SSH protocol version 1.
-2
Force use of SSH protocol version 2.
-C
Enable SSH compression.
-i path
Private key file for authentication.
-scp
Force use of SCP protocol.
-sftp
Force use of SFTP protocol.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information on pscp it's probably best to go and look at the manual on the PuTTY web page:

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

BUGS

This man page isn't terribly complete. See the above web link for better documentation.