[PLUG] more scp weird stuff

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "Russell" == Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net> writes:

>>>>> "Carla" == Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com> writes:
Carla> Ew, this keeps getting weirder. Here's the whole deal: scp
Carla> -words [-1246BCpqrv ] [-c -file ... -cipher ] [-F -file
Carla> ... -ssh_config ] [-i -file ... -identity_file ] [-l -file
Carla> ... -limit ] [-o -file ... -ssh_option ] [-P -file ... -port ]
Carla> [-S -file ... -program ] Sm off [[user @ ] host1 : file1 ] Sm
Carla> on [... ] Sm off [[user @ ] host2 : file2 ] Sm on

Carla> What is Sm on/off? Smirnoff? Silent magpie? Sweet magnolia?

Russell> What system is this on.  My "man scp" generates something
Russell> substantially different.  That stuff looks like formatting
Russell> codes.

Yeah.  Look at the raw man file:

  $ zless /usr/share/man/man1/scp.1.gz

or substitute wherever yours lives:

  [...]
  .Sh NAME
  .Nm scp
  .Nd secure copy (remote file copy program)
  .Sh SYNOPSIS
  .Nm scp
  .Bk -words
  .Op Fl 1246BCpqrv
  .Op Fl c Ar cipher
  .Op Fl F Ar ssh_config
  .Op Fl i Ar identity_file
  .Op Fl l Ar limit
  .Op Fl o Ar ssh_option
  .Op Fl P Ar port
  .Op Fl S Ar program
  .Sm off
  .Oo
  .Op Ar user No @
  .Ar host1 No :
  .Oc Ns Ar file1
  .Sm on
  .Op Ar ...
  .Sm off
  [...]

It appears your man is misformatting.


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