.\"
.\" Created: Sun May 7 00:14:37 1995 ylo
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.87 2019/11/30 07:07:59 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.88 2020/04/30 17:07:10 markus Exp $
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: November 30 2019 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 30 2020 $
.Dt SCP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
Copies between two remote hosts are transferred through the local host.
Without this option the data is copied directly between the two remote
hosts.
-Note that this option disables the progress meter.
+Note that this option disables the progress meter and selects batch mode
+for the second host, since
+.Nm scp
+cannot ask passwords or passphrases for both hosts.
.It Fl 4
Forces
.Nm
-/* $OpenBSD: scp.c,v 1.207 2020/01/23 07:10:22 dtucker Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: scp.c,v 1.208 2020/04/30 17:07:10 markus Exp $ */
/*
* scp - secure remote copy. This is basically patched BSD rcp which
* uses ssh to do the data transfer (instead of using rcmd).
addargs(&args, "-l");
addargs(&args, "%s", remuser);
}
+ addargs(&args, "-oBatchMode=yes");
addargs(&args, "--");
addargs(&args, "%s", host);
addargs(&args, "%s", cmd);