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authorDamien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>2000-03-26 13:04:51 +1000
committerDamien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>2000-03-26 13:04:51 +1000
commit450a7a1ff40fe7c2d84c93b83cf2df53445d807d (patch)
treedb6d08bdea65edd34ba2e323a31e2b1ca5e5fbd4 /scp.1
parent2c9279fa667827384fceb243f890cba1dbe480de (diff)
downloadopenssh-git-450a7a1ff40fe7c2d84c93b83cf2df53445d807d.tar.gz
- OpenBSD CVS update
- [auth-krb4.c] -Wall - [auth-rh-rsa.c auth-rsa.c hostfile.c hostfile.h key.c key.h match.c] [match.h ssh.c ssh.h sshconnect.c sshd.c] initial support for DSA keys. ok deraadt@, niels@ - [cipher.c cipher.h] remove unused cipher_attack_detected code - [scp.1 ssh-add.1 ssh-agent.1 ssh-keygen.1 ssh.1 sshd.8] Fix some formatting problems I missed before. - [ssh.1 sshd.8] fix spelling errors, From: FreeBSD - [ssh.c] switch to raw mode only if he _get_ a pty (not if we _want_ a pty).
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diff --git a/scp.1 b/scp.1
index b9f68615..5604cb80 100644
--- a/scp.1
+++ b/scp.1
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
.\"
.\" Created: Sun May 7 00:14:37 1995 ylo
.\"
-.\" $Id: scp.1,v 1.5 2000/01/20 12:13:36 damien Exp $
+.\" $Id: scp.1,v 1.6 2000/03/26 03:04:53 damien Exp $
.\"
.Dd September 25, 1999
.Dt SCP 1
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
.Sm on
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
-copies files between hosts on a network. It uses
+copies files between hosts on a network.
+It uses
.Xr ssh 1
for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the
same security as
@@ -50,18 +51,19 @@ 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
-that the file is to be copied to/from that host. Copies between two
-remote hosts are permitted.
+that the file is to be copied to/from that host.
+Copies between two remote hosts are permitted.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl c Ar cipher
-Selects the cipher to use for encrypting the data transfer. This
-option is directly passed to
+Selects the cipher to use for encrypting the data transfer.
+This option is directly passed to
.Xr ssh 1 .
.It Fl i Ar identity_file
Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for RSA
-authentication is read. This option is directly passed to
+authentication is read.
+This option is directly passed to
.Xr ssh 1 .
.It Fl p
Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the
@@ -69,25 +71,28 @@ original file.
.It Fl r
Recursively copy entire directories.
.It Fl v
-Verbose mode. Causes
+Verbose mode.
+Causes
.Nm
and
.Xr ssh 1
-to print debugging messages about their progress. This is helpful in
+to print debugging messages about their progress.
+This is helpful in
debugging connection, authentication, and configuration problems.
.It Fl B
Selects batch mode (prevents asking for passwords or passphrases).
.It Fl q
Disables the progress meter.
.It Fl C
-Compression enable. Passes the
+Compression enable.
+Passes the
.Fl C
flag to
.Xr ssh 1
to enable compression.
.It Fl P Ar port
-Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host. Note that this
-option is written with a capital
+Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host.
+Note that this option is written with a capital
.Sq P ,
because
.Fl p