I was just curious how come there is no interactive option available for scp? A -i option is available for cp and rm, etc which prompts you before overwriting existing files. Was there a special reason why a similar option was not made available for scp? Thanks, Umar
Because it was never implemented as part of rcp which is what scp is designed to mimic. since scp is around for legacy conversion I doubt it will be added either. - Ben On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Umar Cheema wrote:> I was just curious how come there is no interactive option available for > scp? A -i option is available for cp and rm, etc which prompts you before > overwriting existing files. Was there a special reason why a similar > option was not made available for scp? > > Thanks, > Umar > > > > _______________________________________________ > openssh-unix-dev mailing list > openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org > http://www.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev >
because there's no such option in rcp (which scp models). Umar Cheema wrote:> I was just curious how come there is no interactive option available for > scp? A -i option is available for cp and rm, etc which prompts you before > overwriting existing files. Was there a special reason why a similar > option was not made available for scp? > > Thanks, > Umar > > > > _______________________________________________ > openssh-unix-dev mailing list > openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org > http://www.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev-- wendy palm Software Engineer Open Software Development, Cray Inc. wendyp at cray.com, 651-605-9154