1. To copy a file from your current directory to your home directory on a remotehost:
rcp parta pollux:part1
This copies the file parta from your current directory to the file part1 in your home directory on the remote host "pollux".
2. To copy a file from a subdirectory on the local host to a subdirectory on a remote host:
rcp Hyperhelp/helpex.hlp ubik:tmp/helpex/hlp
This copies the file helpex.hlp from your subdirectory Hyperhelp to the subdirectory tmp in your home directory on the remote host "ubik".