.\"
.\" Created: Sun May 7 00:14:37 1995 ylo
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.99 2021/08/10 03:33:34 djm Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.100 2021/08/11 14:07:54 naddy Exp $
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 10 2021 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: August 11 2021 $
.Dt SCP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Pp
When copying between two remote hosts, if the URI format is used, a
.Ar port
-may only be specified on the
+cannot be specified on the
.Ar target
if the
-.Fl 3
+.Fl R
option is used.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
options.
.It Fl s
Use the SFTP protocol for file transfers instead of the legacy SCP protocol.
-Using SFTP provides avoids invoking a shell on the remote side and provides
+Using SFTP avoids invoking a shell on the remote side and provides
more predictable filename handling, as the SCP protocol
relied on the remote shell for expanding
.Xr glob 3
-/* $OpenBSD: scp.c,v 1.231 2021/08/11 14:05:19 naddy Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: scp.c,v 1.232 2021/08/11 14:07:54 naddy Exp $ */
/*
* scp - secure remote copy. This is basically patched BSD rcp which
* uses ssh to do the data transfer (instead of using rcmd).
if (tport != -1 && tport != SSH_DEFAULT_PORT) {
/* This would require the remote support URIs */
fatal("target port not supported with two "
- "remote hosts without the -3 option");
+ "remote hosts and the -R option");
}
freeargs(&alist);