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\H{pscp-manpage} Man page for PSCP

\S{pscp-manpage-name} NAME

\cw{pscp} \- command-line SCP (secure copy) / SFTP client

\S{pscp-manpage-synopsis} SYNOPSIS

\c pscp [options] [user@]host:source target
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\c pscp [options] source [source...] [user@]host:target
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\c pscp [options] -ls [user@]host:filespec
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\S{pscp-manpage-description} DESCRIPTION

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

\S{pscp-manpage-options} OPTIONS

The command-line options supported by \e{pscp} are:

\dt \cw{-V}

\dd Show version information and exit.

\dt \cw{-ls}

\dd Remote directory listing.

\dt \cw{-p}

\dd Preserve file attributes.

\dt \cw{-q}

\dd Quiet, don't show statistics.

\dt \cw{-r}

\dd Copy directories recursively.

\dt \cw{-unsafe}

\dd Allow server-side wildcards (DANGEROUS).

\dt \cw{-v}

\dd Show verbose messages.

\dt \cw{-load} \e{session}

\dd Load settings from saved session.

\dt \cw{-P} \e{port}

\dd Connect to port \e{port}.

\dt \cw{-l} \e{user}

\dd Set remote username to \e{user}.

\dt \cw{-batch}

\dd Disable interactive prompts.

\dt \cw{-pw} \e{password}

\dd Set remote password to \e{password}. \e{CAUTION:} this will likely
make the password visible to other users of the local machine (via
commands such as \q{\c{w}}).

\dt \cw{-1}

\dd Force use of SSH protocol version 1.

\dt \cw{-2}

\dd Force use of SSH protocol version 2.

\dt \cw{-C}

\dd Enable SSH compression.

\dt \cw{-i} \e{path}

\dd Private key file for authentication.

\dt \cw{-scp}

\dd Force use of SCP protocol.

\dt \cw{-sftp}

\dd Force use of SFTP protocol.

\S{pscp-manpage-more-information} MORE INFORMATION

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

\W{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/}\cw{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/}

\S{pscp-manpage-bugs} BUGS

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