Bug 1451 - Slight addition to the "scp" man page
Summary: Slight addition to the "scp" man page
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Portable OpenSSH
Classification: Unclassified
Component: scp (show other bugs)
Version: 4.7p1
Hardware: Other Linux
: P2 enhancement
Assignee: Assigned to nobody
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Reported: 2008-03-29 04:42 AEDT by Tomas Mraz
Modified: 2009-10-06 15:02 AEDT (History)
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Patch for openssh-3.9p1, but should apply on current sources as well (869 bytes, patch)
2008-03-29 04:42 AEDT, Tomas Mraz 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Tomas Mraz 2008-03-29 04:42:57 AEDT 
Created attachment 1476 [details]
Patch for openssh-3.9p1, but should apply on current sources as well

Originaly reported here by David Tonhofer: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426596

0) The man page generator on Red Hat does not like the '.Aq' tag which
  appears in front of the Author mail addresses? Removed.

1) Added the text: 
  When copying a source file to a target file which already exists, scp
  will replace the contents of the target file (keeping the inode).
  If the target file does not yet exist, an empty file with the target
  file name is created, then filled with the source file contents.  No
  attempt is made at "near-atomic" transfer using temporary files.
Comment 1 Darren Tucker 2009-08-28 18:53:10 AEST 
I don't see why this is needed.  It behaves the same way as cp(1) does and there's nary a mention on its man page.
Comment 2 Damien Miller 2009-08-29 03:21:52 AEST 
I agree - atomic replacements are the exception and not the rule so I see no need to document that we are behaving normally.
Comment 3 Damien Miller 2009-10-06 15:02:16 AEDT 
Mass move of RESOLVED bugs to CLOSED now that 5.3 is out.