diff --git a/pkgs/sane-scripts/src/sane-rcp b/pkgs/sane-scripts/src/sane-rcp
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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+# copy some remote file(s) to the working directory, with sane defaults
+rsync -arv --progress "$@" .