Inconsistency with the option for defining the destination port

[Scott Neugroschl]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openssh-unix-dev-bounces+scott_n=xypro.com at mindrot.org
> [mailto:openssh-unix-dev-bounces+scott_n=xypro.com at mindrot.org] On
> Behalf Of Dennis Winter
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:42 AM
> To: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
> Subject: Inconsistency with the option for defining the destination
> port
> 
> Why is there an inconsistency with the option for the destionation
> port.
> 
> ssh -p <port> ...
> scp -P <port> ...
> sftp -P <port> ...
> 
> For scp it is neccessary to be "-P" ( Quote: " Note that this option is
> written with a capital 'P', because $B!](Jp is already reserved for
> preserving the times and modes of the file in rcp(1)." ).
> Also sftp uses already "-P", but ssh, still only supports/uses the
> small case. For Consistency with sftp and scp wouldn't it be best to
> add  "-P" as a synonym.

Also "-f" and "-F" for specifying config files.