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.\" Created: Sun May 7 00:14:37 1995 ylo
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-.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.44 2008/01/31 20:06:50 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.46 2008/07/12 05:33:41 djm Exp $
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.Dd $Mdocdate$
.Dt SCP 1
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
+Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for public key
authentication is read.
This option is directly passed to
.Xr ssh 1 .
.Xr ssh 1 .
.It Fl r
Recursively copy entire directories.
+Note that
+.Nm
+follows symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal.
.It Fl S Ar program
Name of
.Ar program