[Bug 1427] New: scp -q behavior different than documented

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https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1427

           Summary: scp -q behavior different than documented
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 4.7p1
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P3
         Component: scp
        AssignedTo: bitbucket at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: mikel at mikelward.com


Created an attachment (id=1434)
 --> (http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/attachment.cgi?id=1434)
only disable the progress meter, keep error messages

The man page says -q disables the progress meter, but it also disables
all other output.

$ scp -q badhost:/bin/ls .

$ scp badhost:/bin/ls . 
ssh: badhost: Name or service not known

I would like -q to disable the progress meter as documented (I don't
see
the point of a -q flag if all it does is discards stderr, since I can
already do that with my shell), but you might prefer to update the man
page to reflect the current behavior instead.

Tested with openssh-4.7p1 on Fedora.

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