-\versionid $Id: pscp.but,v 1.27 2004/04/25 22:18:19 jacob Exp $
+\define{versionidpscp} \versionid $Id$
\#FIXME: Need examples
\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.)
\c pscp [options] source [source...] [user@]host:target
-So to copy the local file \c{c:\\documents\\csh-whynot.txt} to the
-server \c{example.com} as user \c{fred} to the file
-\c{/tmp/csh-whynot} you would type:
+So to copy the local file \c{c:\\documents\\foo.txt} to the server
+\c{example.com} as user \c{fred} to the file \c{/tmp/foo} you would
+type:
-\c pscp c:\documents\csh-whynot.txt fred@example.com:/tmp/csh-whynot
+\c pscp c:\documents\foo.txt fred@example.com:/tmp/foo
You can use wildcards to transfer multiple files in either
direction, like this:
\c pscp fred@example.com:source/*.c c:\source
However, in the second case (using a wildcard for multiple remote
-files) you may see a warning like this:
-
-\c warning: remote host tried to write to a file called 'terminal.c'
-\c when we requested a file called '*.c'.
-\c If this is a wildcard, consider upgrading to SSH 2 or using
-\c the '-unsafe' option. Renaming of this file has been disallowed.
+files) you may see a warning saying something like \q{warning:
+remote host tried to write to a file called 'terminal.c' when we
+requested a file called '*.c'. If this is a wildcard, consider
+upgrading to SSH 2 or using the '-unsafe' option. Renaming of this
+file has been disallowed}.
This is due to a fundamental insecurity in the old-style SCP
protocol: the client sends the wildcard string (\c{*.c}) to the
By default, PSCP displays a meter displaying the progress of the
current transfer:
-\c mibs.tar | 168 kB | 84.0 kB/s | ETA: 00:00:13 | 13%
+\c mibs.tar | 168 kB | 84.0 kB/s | ETA: 00:00:13 | 13%
The fields in this display are (from left to right), filename, size
(in kilobytes) of file transferred so far, estimate of how fast the
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.