-\versionid $Id: plink.but,v 1.18 2003/03/24 10:49:01 simon Exp $
+\versionid $Id: plink.but,v 1.20 2004/01/20 12:46:35 jacob Exp $
\C{plink} Using the command-line connection tool Plink
\c Z:\sysosd>plink
\c PuTTY Link: command-line connection utility
-\c Release 0.53
+\c Unidentified build, Jan 20 2004 12:39:22
\c Usage: plink [options] [user@]host [command]
\c ("host" can also be a PuTTY saved session name)
\c Options:
\c -batch disable all interactive prompts
\c The following options only apply to SSH connections:
\c -pw passw login with specified password
-\c -L listen-port:host:port Forward local port to remote address
-\c -R listen-port:host:port Forward remote port to local address
+\c -D [listen-IP:]listen-port
+\c Dynamic SOCKS-based port forwarding
+\c -L [listen-IP:]listen-port:host:port
+\c Forward local port to remote address
+\c -R [listen-IP:]listen-port:host:port
+\c Forward remote port to local address
\c -X -x enable / disable X11 forwarding
\c -A -a enable / disable agent forwarding
\c -t -T enable / disable pty allocation
\c -1 -2 force use of particular protocol version
\c -C enable compression
\c -i key private key file for authentication
+\c -s remote command is an SSH subsystem (SSH-2 only)
Once this works, you are ready to use Plink.
PuTTY tools. See \k{using-general-opts} for a description of these
options.
-In addition to this, Plink accepts one other option: the \c{-batch}
-option. If you use the \c{-batch} option, Plink will never give an
+Plink also supports some of its own options. The following sections
+describe Plink's specific command-line options.
+
+\S2{plink-option-batch} \c{-batch}: disable all interactive prompts
+
+If you use the \c{-batch} option, Plink will never give an
interactive prompt while establishing the connection. If the
server's host key is invalid, for example (see \k{gs-hostkey}), then
the connection will simply be abandoned instead of asking you what
scripts: using \c{-batch}, if something goes wrong at connection
time, the batch job will fail rather than hang.
+\S2{plink-option-s} \c{-s}: remote command is SSH subsystem
+
+If you specify the \c{-s} option, Plink passes the specified command
+as the name of an SSH \q{subsystem} rather than an ordinary command
+line.
+
+(This option is only meaningful with the SSH-2 protocol.)
+
\H{plink-batch} Using Plink in \i{batch files} and \i{scripts}
Once you have set up Plink to be able to log in to a remote server