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SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
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SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition

by Daniel J. Barrett, Richard E. Silverman, Robert G. Byrnes
May 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
666 pages
21h 5m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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scp Options

OpenSSH

Tectia

Option

Meaning

-1

Use SSH-1 protocol

 

-2

Use SSH-2 protocol

 

-4

Use IPv4 addresses only

 

-6

Use IPv6 addresses only

 

-a [src: |dest:[unix |mac |dos]]

Transfer files in ASCII mode

 

-a

No file-by-file statistics

 

-A

Print file-by-file statistics

-B

Batch mode: disable prompting

-c cipher

Select encryption cipher

 

-C

Enable compression

 

--checksum (yes |no)

Compare files by checksum (optimization)

-d

Require target to be a directory when copying a single file

 

-D debug_spec

Enable debug messages

-f

Specify copy FROM (internal use)

 

-F filename

Specify alternative configuration file

 

--force-lower-case

Rename destination files in all lowercase

 

-h

Print help message

-i filename

Select identity file

 

-I

Interactive mode: prompt before overwriting

 

-l kilobits_per_second

Limit bandwidth

 

-M num

Set maximum number of requests to num

 

-n

Print actions, but don’t copy

-o “keyword value”

Set configuration keyword

 

--overwrite (yes |no)

Do/don’t overwrite existing files

-p

Preserve file attributes

-P port

Select TCP port number

-q

Quiet mode

 

-Q

Don’t print statistics

-r

Recursive copy

-S filename

Path to ssh executable

 

--statistics (yes |no |simple)

Verbosity level for statistics

-t

Specify copy TO (internal use)

 

-u

Remove original file after copying

-v

Verbose mode

 

-V

Print version number

 

-W

Always transfer whole ...

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