BUG - ssh issue and variation - Plus implementation problem for linux

[me at cb.ws]

Thankyou for the response. I've posted in the board, so that others 
can benefit from your comments as well.

Best regards

Peter

To:             	me at cb.ws
Copies to:      	openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
Subject:        	Re: BUG - ssh issue and variation - Plus implementation problem for linux 
From:           	"Mark D. Baushke" <mdb at juniper.net>
Date sent:      	Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:15:27 -0700

> In a standard URL syntax, @ may be replaced by %40, I suppose that
> might be an extension worth considering for sftp and/or scp... That
> is, you would use this command:
> 
>   scp xxx.xxx%40xxx.com at ftp.xxxx.net:~/test.txt .
> 
> However, it may be easier for now to consider using $HOME/.ssh/config
> to help you in this case:
> 
>        ---------------
> Host ftp.xxxx.net
>     User xxx.xxx at xxx.com
>        ---------------
> 
> and the command would then be 
> 
>     scp ftp.xxxx.net:~/test.txt .
> 
> which is typically much easier to type as well.
> 
>  Good luck,
>  -- Mark
> 
> me at cb.ws writes:
> 
> > Please have a look at:
> > 
> > http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Linux_Networking/Q_211014
> > 67.html
> > 
> > and my responses to it. It is reasonably easy to 
> > get around the problem on Cygwin, and the windows 
> > version with putty doesn't appear to be a 
> > problem...but how is one supposed to deal with it 
> > in the linux. Perhaps a need to alter the sanity 
> > checks for the scp inpur args?