bug report

[jw schultz]

On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 12:50:59PM -0700, Wayne Davison wrote:
> On Fri, 10 May 2002, terrell Larson wrote:
> > The [option-specifying form] of the -e option is not documented.
> > IMHO it should be.
> 
> I agree.  I've whipped up the following patch for rsync.yo, which I
> will commit to CVS in a moment:
> 
> Index: rsync.yo
> --- rsync.yo	2002/05/09 21:44:46	1.99
> +++ rsync.yo	2002/05/10 19:47:05
> @@ -515,6 +515,13 @@
>  remote copies of rsync. Typically, rsync is configured to use rsh by
>  default, but you may prefer to use ssh because of its high security.
>  
> +Feel free to include options in the COMMAND.  For instance:
> +
> +quote(-e "ssh -1 -l joe")
> +
> +(Note that ssh users can alternately store off site-specific connect
> +options in their .ssh/config file.)
> +
>  You can also choose the remote shell program using the RSYNC_RSH
>  environment variable.
> 

I concur about the current manpage but the patch is perhaps
a little to chatty for me.  Also the example is an odd one.

Perhaps something more like
+Command-line arguments are permitted in COMMAND provided
+that COMMAND is presented to rsync as a single argument.
+Quotes may be used to preserve whitespace.  For example:
+
+quote(-e "ssh -p 2234")
+
 You can also choose the remote shell program using the RSYNC_RSH
-environment variable.
+environment variable which also allows command-line arguments.

This example shows the use of the ssh option i suspect is
most likely to be wanted.

P.S. What is the -1 option?  Is it part of the comercial ssh?



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