- 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
diff --git a/scp.1 b/scp.1
index 46b72ed..7122fa4 100644
--- a/scp.1
+++ b/scp.1
@@ -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 @@
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