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| author | Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> | 2008-02-10 22:28:45 +1100 |
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| committer | Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> | 2008-02-10 22:28:45 +1100 |
| commit | b508faa006a6bcf96f9b59f3e9b6da3c867e8a0f (patch) | |
| tree | a6006d962634f83c8ee449badd1129236dfc3f32 /scp.1 | |
| parent | 5ed3d575f90cb62979e25c611da29e08069f1006 (diff) | |
| download | openssh-git-b508faa006a6bcf96f9b59f3e9b6da3c867e8a0f.tar.gz | |
- jmc@cvs.openbsd.org 2008/01/31 20:06:50
[scp.1]
explain how to handle local file names containing colons;
requested by Tamas TEVESZ
ok dtucker
Diffstat (limited to 'scp.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | scp.1 | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ .\" .\" Created: Sun May 7 00:14:37 1995 ylo .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.43 2008/01/19 19:25:50 djm Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.44 2008/01/31 20:06:50 jmc Exp $ .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: January 19 2008 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 31 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 |