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| author | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2017-05-26 20:55:55 +1200 |
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| committer | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2017-05-26 20:55:55 +1200 |
| commit | a9784dda9f9707342bed9fed1c07ed2336c73e0e (patch) | |
| tree | 5ab4205a96569c1a39cab7ea3dba019fcee3806e | |
| parent | Remove ad() (diff) | |
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Make a caveat of swr(1df) clearer
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/swr.sh | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/man1/swr.1df | 5 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# Transparently wrap scp(1) targets on the command line +# Transparently wrap scp(1) targets to read (not write) on the command line self=swr # Create a temporary directory with name in $td, and handle POSIX-ish traps to diff --git a/man/man1/swr.1df b/man/man1/swr.1df index 8792b0ed..4c40a6f0 100644 --- a/man/man1/swr.1df +++ b/man/man1/swr.1df @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .TH SWR 1df "January 2017" "Manual page for swr" .SH NAME .B swr -\- run a command including remote file arguments for scp(1) retrieval +\- run a command including remote file arguments for scp(1) reading .SH SYNOPSIS .B swr cat remote:.ssh/authorized_keys @@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ circumstances. This even works for the first argument (i.e. the command), provided that it will run on the local system once copied in. .SH CAVEATS +You can't write to remote files with it. The arguments only work as input +streams, so e.g. "cp .vimrc remote:.vimrc" won't do what you expect. +.P This only works for simple commands; you can't put shell syntax into any of the arguments. .P |