remote-remote scp

[Scott Neugroschl]

Hi everyone,

I know scp is kind of the red-headed stepchild of the suite, but I'd like to propose an extension to the syntax for remote-remote passthrough using the "-3" option.

Currently the syntax is essentially

scp -3 [ -P port ] [user@]host1:file [user@]host2:file

This is great, as long as both remotes are on the same port.   It causes difficulties if host1 and host2 are not on the same port.
I'd like to propose the syntax extenision:   [user@]host[,port]:file

This allows the two remotes to be on separate ports.
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Scott Neugroschl | XYPRO Technology Corporation
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