ssh argv[0] support

[mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org]

I would rather see people submit C code to correct the issue than
shell script hacks.  Nothing personal, but lets solve this problem
correctly and not half-ass.

- Ben

On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Jonathan Amery wrote:

>
>  Right - I know you've had a discussion about the argv[0] stuff
> already, but I've written this simple script to simulate the (now
> missing) support for Debian, and was asked to send it to you...
>
> --- ssh-argv0 ---
> #! /bin/sh -e
> if [ "${0##*/}" == "ssh-argv0" ]
> then
>   echo 'ssh-argv0: This script should not be run like this, see
> ssh-argv0(1) for details' 1>&2;
>   exit 1;
> fi
> ssh "${0##*/}" "$@"
> ------ end ------
> -- ssh-argv0.1 --
> .Dd September 7, 2001
> .Dt SSH-ARGV0 1
> .Os Debian Project
> .Sh NAME
> .Nm ssh-argv0
> .Nd replaces the old ssh command-name as hostname handling
> .Sh SYNOPSIS
> .Ar hostname | user at hostname
> .Op Fl l Ar login_name
> .Op Ar command
> .Pp
> .Ar hostname | user at hostname
> .Op Fl afgknqstvxACNPTX1246
> .Op Fl c Ar cipher_spec
> .Op Fl e Ar escape_char
> .Op Fl i Ar identity_file
> .Op Fl l Ar login_name
> .Op Fl m Ar mac_spec
> .Op Fl o Ar option
> .Op Fl p Ar port
> .Oo Fl L Xo
> .Sm off
> .Ar port :
> .Ar host :
> .Ar hostport
> .Sm on
> .Xc
> .Oc
> .Oo Fl R Xo
> .Sm off
> .Ar port :
> .Ar host :
> .Ar hostport
> .Sm on
> .Xc
> .Oc
> .Op Ar command
> .Sh DESCRIPTION
> .Nm
> replaces the old ssh command-name as hostname handling.
> If you link to this script with a hostname then executing the link is
> equivalent to having executed ssh with that hostname as an argument.
> All other arguments are passed to ssh and will be processed normally
> .Sh OPTIONS
> See
> .Xr ssh 1
> .Sh FILES
> See
> .Xr ssh 1
> .Sh AUTHORS
> OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free
> ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen.
> Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos,
> Theo de Raadt and Dug Song
> removed many bugs, re-added newer features and
> created OpenSSH.
> Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH
> protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0.
> Jonathan Amery wrote this ssh-argv0 script and the associated
> documentation.
> .Sh SEE ALSO
> .Xr ssh 1
> ------ end ------
> ----- patch -----
> --- ssh.1.orig  Fri Sep  7 20:03:05 2001
> +++ ssh.1       Fri Sep  7 20:17:29 2001
> @@ -1404,6 +1404,7 @@
>  .Xr scp 1 ,
>  .Xr sftp 1 ,
>  .Xr ssh-add 1 ,
> +.Xr ssh-argv0 1 ,
>  .Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
>  .Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
>  .Xr telnet 1 ,
>
>