[Discuss] SCP from STDIN: "-t" option undocumented?

[jabr at blu.org (John Abreau)]

In my case, I had a passwordless ssh key, and a validate-rsync script
to use in the key's "command=" prefix in the authorized_keys file.
I wanted to allow the same key to accept scp as well as rsync.
I discovered the -t option when I had the validate-rsync script write
the $SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND to a logfile in order to determine
how scp works behind the scenes.



On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:

> The issue IMHO, is the lack of documentation for the -t option. I feel
> that every interface should be documented. As a programmer I am used to
> APIs. Historically, my colleagues find hidden APIs, and use them for
> either because they are there or because they might be more efficient.
....
> How many programs have been written to use undocumented APIs
> only to crash when the vendor changes the API without notice.


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