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.\" Created: Sun May 7 00:14:37 1995 ylo
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-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 3 2020 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 3 2020 $
.Dt SCP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
copies files between hosts on a network.
+.Pp
It uses
.Xr ssh 1
for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the
-same security as
-.Xr ssh 1 .
+same security as a login session.
+The scp protocol requires execution of the remote user's shell to perform
+.Xr glob 3
+pattern matching.
+.Pp
.Nm
will ask for passwords or passphrases if they are needed for
authentication.