svn commit: r44530 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security
Dru Lavigne
dru at FreeBSD.org
Fri Apr 11 14:00:49 UTC 2014
Author: dru
Date: Fri Apr 11 14:00:48 2014
New Revision: 44530
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/44530
Log:
Add sentence regarding recursive difference between scp and cp.
Submitted by: bjk
Sponsored by: iXsystems
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml Fri Apr 11 13:48:55 2014 (r44529)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml Fri Apr 11 14:00:48 2014 (r44530)
@@ -2538,7 +2538,10 @@ COPYRIGHT 100% |*************
first argument and the destination to copy to is the second.
Since the file is fetched over the network, one or more of the
file arguments takes the form
- <option>user at host:<path_to_remote_file></option>.</para>
+ <option>user at host:<path_to_remote_file></option>. Be
+ aware when copying directories recursively that
+ <command>scp</command> uses <option>-r</option>, whereas
+ <command>cp</command> uses <option>-R</option>.</para>
<para>To open an interactive session for copying files, use
<command>sftp</command>. Refer to &man.sftp.1; for a list of
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