[Info-vax] SSH

Bob Eager rde42 at spamcop.net
Mon Feb 21 12:35:29 EST 2011


On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:34:35 +0000, Bill Gunshannon wrote:

>>                                              My comment was WRT the
>>                                              different
>> syntax within the 'ssh' suite of commands: ssh, sftp, and scp.  Little
>> 'p', big 'P' and 'oPort'.
> 
> I would guess that all three were written by totally different people
> with no coordination between them.  Unix guys are good, but I know of
> none that have mastered ESP yet.

Indeed. It's pointless blaming the operating system itself. I remember 
seeing third party software for VMS that used qualifiers that were 
inconsistent with other software, too. It happens.



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