add a protocol extension to support a hard link operation. It is

available through the "ln" command in the client. The old "ln"
behaviour of creating a symlink is available using its "-s" option
or through the preexisting "symlink" command; based on a patch from
miklos AT szeredi.hu in bz#1555; ok markus@

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/sftp.1 b/usr.bin/ssh/sftp.1
index 3bb0c06462c..89b5d3544dd 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ssh/sftp.1
+++ b/usr.bin/ssh/sftp.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.87 2010/11/18 15:01:00 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.88 2010/12/04 00:18:01 djm Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2001 Damien Miller.  All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: November 18 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 4 2010 $
 .Dt SFTP 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ commands fail:
 .Ic get , put , rename , ln ,
 .Ic rm , mkdir , chdir , ls ,
 .Ic lchdir , chmod , chown ,
-.Ic chgrp , lpwd , df ,
+.Ic chgrp , lpwd , df , symlink ,
 and
 .Ic lmkdir .
 Termination on error can be suppressed on a command by command basis by
@@ -392,11 +392,19 @@ characters and may match multiple files.
 .It Ic lmkdir Ar path
 Create local directory specified by
 .Ar path .
-.It Ic ln Ar oldpath Ar newpath
-Create a symbolic link from
+.It Xo Ic ln
+.Op Fl s
+.Ar oldpath
+.Ar newpath
+.Xc
+Create a link from
 .Ar oldpath
 to
 .Ar newpath .
+If the
+.Fl s
+flag is specified the created link is a symbolic link, otherwise it is
+a hard link.
 .It Ic lpwd
 Print local working directory.
 .It Xo Ic ls