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[Bug 3340] New: clarify "original" and "mode" in scp(1) manpage
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3340

Bug ID: 3340
Summary: clarify "original" and "mode" in scp(1) manpage
Product: Portable OpenSSH
Version: 8.6p1
Hardware: Other
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: critical
Priority: P5
Component: Documentation
Assignee: unassigned-bugs@mindrot.org
Reporter: calestyo@scientia.net

Hey.

In that manpage, the -p option uses the term "original", but it's not
directly clear, whether this means the source file or the (original)
destination files (which I think it rather indicates).

It seems however that it's the source file that's meant, so I guess
that would be a clearer wording.


Also "modes" (in -p and -P above) might be ambiguous:
E.g. POSIX standard uses the definition:
>File Mode
>An object containing the file mode bits and some information
>about the file type of a file.

But here only the file mode bits are meant.

Perhaps something like "permission mode" or maybe the above "file mode
bits" might be better? And maybe adding that any ACLs wouldn't be
preserved.


Cheers,
Chris.

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