From: dtucker@openbsd.org <dtucker@openbsd.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2021 10:26:02 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: upstream: Document behaviour of arguments following non-interactive
X-Git-Tag: V_8_8_P1~21
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=66a658b5d9e009ea11f8a0ca6e69c7feb2d851ea;p=thirdparty%2Fopenssh-portable.git

upstream: Document behaviour of arguments following non-interactive

commands. Prompted by github PR#139 from EvanTheB, feedback & ok djm@ jmc@

OpenBSD-Commit-ID: fc758d1fe0471dfab4304fcad6cd4ecc3d79162a
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diff --git a/ssh.1 b/ssh.1
index 2e009b256..7efb23828 100644
--- a/ssh.1
+++ b/ssh.1
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.426 2021/09/03 07:27:03 dtucker Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: September 3 2021 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.427 2021/09/10 10:26:02 dtucker Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 10 2021 $
 .Dt SSH 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 .Op Fl W Ar host : Ns Ar port
 .Op Fl w Ar local_tun Ns Op : Ns Ar remote_tun
 .Ar destination
-.Op Ar command
+.Op Ar command Op Ar argument ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm
 (SSH client) is a program for logging into a remote machine and for
@@ -94,7 +94,12 @@ their identity to the remote machine using one of several methods
 If a
 .Ar command
 is specified,
-it is executed on the remote host instead of a login shell.
+it will be executed on the remote host instead of a login shell.
+A complete command line may be specified as
+.Ar command ,
+or it may have additional arguments.
+If supplied, the arguments will be appended to the command, separated by
+spaces, before it is sent to the server to be executed.
 .Pp
 The options are as follows:
 .Pp
diff --git a/ssh.c b/ssh.c
index 533a6aa99..79b7673d4 100644
--- a/ssh.c
+++ b/ssh.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: ssh.c,v 1.566 2021/08/08 08:49:09 dtucker Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: ssh.c,v 1.567 2021/09/10 10:26:02 dtucker Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ usage(void)
 "           [-i identity_file] [-J [user@]host[:port]] [-L address]\n"
 "           [-l login_name] [-m mac_spec] [-O ctl_cmd] [-o option] [-p port]\n"
 "           [-Q query_option] [-R address] [-S ctl_path] [-W host:port]\n"
-"           [-w local_tun[:remote_tun]] destination [command]\n"
+"           [-w local_tun[:remote_tun]] destination [command [argument ...]]\n"
 	);
 	exit(255);
 }