modification times, access times, and file  mode  bits
               from the source file.

       -q      Quiet  mode:  disables the progress meter as well as warning and
               diagnostic messages from ssh(1).

       -R      Copies between two remote hosts are performed by  connecting  to
               the origin host and executing scp there.  This requires that scp
               running  on  the origin host can authenticate to the destination
               host without requiring a password.

       -r      Recursively copy entire directories.  Note that scp follows sym‐
               bolic links encountered in the tree traversal.

       -S program
               Name of program to use for the encrypted connection.   The  pro‐
               gram must understand ssh(1) options.

       -T      Disable strict filename checking.  By default when copying files
               from  a remote host to a local directory scp checks that the re‐
               ceived filenames match those requested on  the  command‐line  to
               prevent  the  remote  end  from  sending  unexpected or unwanted
               files.  Because of differences in how various operating  systems
               and  shells interpret filename wildcards, these checks may cause
               wanted files to be rejected.  This option disables these  checks
               at  the  expense of fully trusting that the server will not send
               unexpected filenames.

       -v      Verbose mode.  Causes scp and ssh(1) to print debugging messages
               about their progress.  This is helpful in debugging  connection,
               authentication, and configuration problems.

       -X sftp_option
               Specify  an option that controls aspects of SFTP protocol behav‐
               iour.  The valid options are:

               nrequests=value
                       Controls how many concurrent SFTP read or write requests
                       may be in progress at any point in time during  a  down‐
                       load  or  upload.   By default 64 requests may be active
                       concurrently.

               buffer=value
                       Controls the maximum  buffer  size  for  a  single  SFTP
                       read/write operation used during download or upload.  By
                       default a 32KB buffer is used.

EXIT STATUS
       The scp utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
       sftp(1), ssh(1), ssh‐add(1), ssh‐agent(1), ssh‐keygen(1), ssh_config(5),
       sftp‐server(8), sshd(8)

HISTORY
       scp  is  based on the rcp program in BSD source code from the Regents of
       the University of California.

       Since OpenSSH 9.0, scp has used the SFTP protocol for transfers  by  de‐
       fault.

AUTHORS
       Timo Rinne <tri@iki.fi>
       Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>

CAVEATS
       The  legacy SCP protocol (selected by the -O flag) requires execution of
       the remote user’s shell to perform glob(3) pattern matching.   This  re‐
       quires  careful  quoting  of any characters that have special meaning to
       the remote shell, such as quote characters.

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