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Clearer wording for ssh.1 -o option=value
- To: tech_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org
- Subject: Clearer wording for ssh.1 -o option=value
- From: Han Boetes <han_(_at_)_mijncomputer_(_dot_)_nl>
- Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:46:06 +0100
- Mail-followup-to: tech_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org
While reading man ssh I got slightly confused about the syntax of
the -o option. Actually I had to guess. I'd like to suggest this
change since I think it would be clearer.
Index: ssh.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1,v
retrieving revision 1.217
diff -u -p -r1.217 ssh.1
--- ssh.1 8 Dec 2005 14:59:44 -0000 1.217
+++ ssh.1 22 Dec 2005 20:39:03 -0000
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
.Ek
.Op Fl m Ar mac_spec
.Op Fl O Ar ctl_cmd
-.Op Fl o Ar option
+.Op Fl o Ar option=value
.Op Fl p Ar port
.Oo Fl R\ \&
.Sm off
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ Valid commands are:
(check that the master process is running) and
.Dq exit
(request the master to exit).
-.It Fl o Ar option
+.It Fl o Ar option=value
Can be used to give options in the format used in the configuration file.
This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate
command-line flag.
The errormessage is also not ideal, I wouldn't know how to make it
clearer though.
~% ssh -o TCPKeepAlive somehost
command-line line 0: Missing yes/no argument.
# Han
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