X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/blobdiff_plain/35cffede3bf184026cc35c666063b6dd8e3c892e..055817455466c8eb60392f30bb7c689763962e17:/doc/pscp.but diff --git a/doc/pscp.but b/doc/pscp.but index 7c913ca4..4485b9b1 100644 --- a/doc/pscp.but +++ b/doc/pscp.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: pscp.but,v 1.28 2004/05/22 11:09:31 simon Exp $ +\define{versionidpscp} \versionid $Id$ \#FIXME: Need examples @@ -55,13 +55,14 @@ use PSCP: \c -l user connect with specified username \c -pw passw login with specified password \c -1 -2 force use of particular SSH protocol version +\c -4 -6 force use of IPv4 or IPv6 \c -C enable compression \c -i key private key file for authentication \c -batch disable all interactive prompts \c -unsafe allow server-side wildcards (DANGEROUS) \c -V print version information -\c -scp force use of SCP protocol \c -sftp force use of SFTP protocol +\c -scp force use of SCP protocol (PSCP's interface is much like the Unix \c{scp} command, if you're familiar with that.) @@ -241,9 +242,10 @@ security issue described in \k{pscp-usage-basics}. The newer SFTP protocol, which is usually associated with SSH 2 servers, is specified in a more platform independent way, and leaves -issues such as wildcard syntax up to the client. This makes it more -consistent across platforms, more suitable for scripting and -automation, and avoids security issues with wilcard matching. +issues such as wildcard syntax up to the client. (PuTTY's SFTP +wildcard syntax is described in \k{psftp-wildcards}.) This makes it +more consistent across platforms, more suitable for scripting and +automation, and avoids security issues with wildcard matching. Normally PSCP will attempt to use the SFTP protocol, and only fall back to the SCP protocol if SFTP is not available on the server.