SCP

SCP (Secure Copy Program) is an interactive file transfer program, similar to the command, it copies files over an encrypted SSH transport. It uses many features of SSH, such as public key authentication and compression.

Installation
On the majority of Gentoo mediums should be installed as part of the default system profile. To verify installation run the command. A usage statement should appear:

If no usage statement is displayed then is not installed or has been corrupted. Follow the installation instructions beginning at Emerge section in the SSH article to install SCP.

Configuration
For configuration see the configuration section in the SSH article.

External resources

 * The SCP man page locally or online at openbsd.org