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Diffstat (limited to 'scp.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | scp.1 | 18 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ .\" .\" Created: Sun May 7 00:14:37 1995 ylo .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.42 2007/08/06 19:16:06 sobrado Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.44 2008/01/31 20:06:50 jmc Exp $ .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: August 8 2007 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: February 10 2008 $ .Dt SCP 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -56,9 +56,15 @@ Unlike will ask for passwords or passphrases if they are needed for authentication. .Pp -Any file name may contain a host and user specification to indicate +File names may contain a user and host specification to indicate that the file is to be copied to/from that host. -Copies between two remote hosts are permitted. +Local file names can be made explicit using absolute or relative pathnames +to avoid +.Nm +treating file names containing +.Sq :\& +as host specifiers. +Copies between two remote hosts are also permitted. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds @@ -178,7 +184,9 @@ is already reserved for preserving the times and modes of the file in Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the original file. .It Fl q -Disables the progress meter. +Quiet mode: disables the progress meter as well as warning and diagnostic +messages from +.Xr ssh 1 . .It Fl r Recursively copy entire directories. .It Fl S Ar program |
