secure copy (remote file copy program)

-r      Recursively copy entire directories.  Note that scp follows symbolic links encountered in the tree
        traversal.

-p      Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the original file.

scp [-12346BCpqrv] [-c cipher] [-F ssh_config] [-i identity_file] [-l limit] [-o ssh_option] [-P port]
    [-S program] [[user@]host1:]file1 ... [[user@]host2:]file2