SCP command come from SSH package that can copy files between computers on a network and move stuff around as required. It's a very usefull for sharing files with others using data on more than one system, and downloading files fro backup onto a second system.

This tutorial is intended to provide you a basic information you need to use SCP command.

Secure file transfers to and from local or remote systems can be initiated with the scp UNIX command.

To use the scp command to copy files between serverss, use the following command: