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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 |