RCP Tools is a Rust-based collection of command-line utilities for managing large filesets on Linux systems and across remote hosts.
The project includes tools for copying, removing, hard-linking, comparing, and generating sample file trees, and it supports remote operations using host:/path syntax with rcpd started over SSH.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Uses explicit copy semantics designed to avoid accidental overwrites by default.
- Can preserve file metadata with configurable `–preserve-settings` options.
- Supports automatic deployment of the `rcpd` helper to remote hosts.
- Provides progress bars, summaries, and optional log file output.
- Includes throttling controls for operations, IOPS, and maximum open files.
- Verifies auto-deployed remote binaries with SHA-256 checksums.
- Available through nixpkgs, crates.io, and release packages for Debian and RHEL.
Website: github.com/wykurz/rcp
Support:
Developer: wykurz
License: MIT License
Related Software
| Alternatives to cp | |
|---|---|
| xcp | Extended cp written in Rust |
| fcp | Significantly faster alternative to cp |
| gcp | Goffi's cp, a fancy file copier |
| pycp | cp and mv with a progressbar |
| rsync | Fast incremental file transfer |
| Fast Unix Commands | Provides alternatives for rm and cp |
| renameutils | Make copying files faster and less cumbersome |
| cpy-cli | Accepts globs and creates non-existent destination directories. |
| cpz | Zippy alternative to cp |
| lunas | Syncing tool handling more than two directories locally and remotely |
| BCMR | Better Copy Move Remove |
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