From a10c20dda1e39bd77a8fc064d76defd162c5ceac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jacob Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 20:45:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added documentation of PuTTY command-line options (derived from the source) git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@1619 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/using.but | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/using.but b/doc/using.but index f4c42dd7..62d8eacd 100644 --- a/doc/using.but +++ b/doc/using.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: using.but,v 1.5 2001/12/15 12:15:24 simon Exp $ +\versionid $Id: using.but,v 1.6 2002/04/18 20:45:01 jacob Exp $ \C{using} Using PuTTY @@ -336,3 +336,40 @@ you simply select the fourth protocol name, \q{Raw}, from the \q{Protocol} buttons in the \q{Session} configuration panel. (See \k{config-hostname}.) You can then enter a host name and a port number, and make the connection. + +\H{putty-cmdline} The PuTTY command line + +PuTTY can be made to do various things without user intervention by +supplying command-line arguments (e.g., from a command prompt window, +or a Windows shortcut). + +\S{putty-cmdline-session} Starting a session from the command line + +These options allow you to bypass the configuration window and launch +straight into a session. + +To start a connection to \c{host}: + +\c putty.exe [-ssh] [user@]host[:port] + +If this syntax is used, settings are taken from the Default Settings +(see \k{config-saving}); \c{user} and \c{port} override these settings +if supplied. Also, \c{-ssh} overrides the default protocol, if +specified. + +For telnet sessions, the following alternative syntax is supported +(this makes PuTTY suitable for use as a URL handler for telnet URLs in +web browsers): + +\c putty.exe telnet://host[:port]/ + +In order to start an existing saved session called \c{sessionname}, +use the following syntax: + +\c putty.exe @sessionname + +\S{putty-cleanup} \c{-cleanup} + +If invoked with the \c{-cleanup} option, rather than running as +normal, PuTTY will remove its registry entries and random seed file +from the local machine (after confirming with the user). -- 2.11.0