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.\" Created: Sun May 7 00:14:37 1995 ylo
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-.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.42 2007/08/06 19:16:06 sobrado Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.46 2008/07/12 05:33:41 djm Exp $
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.Dd $Mdocdate$
.Dt SCP 1
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
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 .
Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the
original file.
.It Fl q
-Disables the progress meter.
+Quiet mode: disables the progress meter as well as warning and diagnostic
+messages from
+.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