BUG: scp -r follows symlinks

[Edward S. Peschko]

On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 07:09:16PM -0600, Ben Lindstrom wrote:
> 
> And breaks rcp compatible syntax which is WORSE because that is what
> people DEPEND on when moving from rcp/rsh to scp/ssh.

No, not if you make the flag an optional one that doesn't exist right
now.

ie: 

scp -n -r user at host:/directory /directory2

I am well aware of the need to be backwards compatible, but IMO its not
any argument against new features.

Ed