[PATCH] document scp -r better
Matthew Vernon
matthew at debian.org
Fri Sep 28 06:31:00 EST 2001
Hi,
Patch from Adam McKenna (via Debian BTS) to improve how we document
scp -r:
--- scp.1.orig Thu Sep 27 21:28:12 2001
+++ scp.1 Thu Sep 27 21:29:22 2001
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@
Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the
original file.
.It Fl r
-Recursively copy entire directories.
+Recursively copy entire directories. A trailing slash (/) on a
source file
+name means "copy the contents of this directory". Without a trailing
slash
+it means "copy the directory and all of its contents".
.It Fl v
Verbose mode.
Causes
Cheers,
Matthew
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