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zsh has Filename Completion for scp/rcp

Author: Stephen Roome
Date: 02-04-03 10:31

Once you've copied your keys about so that you don't need
passwords (hey that's really not very secure though!) then you can get filename completion for scp with zsh.

If you installed zsh from the ports collection and your fpath
variable is properly configured then you should be able to do:

autoload -U compinit
compinit

then try scp user@host:<TAB>

Don't look as surprised as I did though, I found it by accident!

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OOPS: Re: zsh has Filename Completion for scp/rcp

Author: Stephen Roome
Date: 02-04-03 10:33

after the scp user@host:--TABCOMPLETE--

I put < TAB > and forgot this strips quotes...

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Re: zsh has Filename Completion for scp/rcp

Author: Dan Langille
Date: 02-04-03 12:11

Stephen Roome wrote:
>
> Once you've copied your keys about so that you don't need
> passwords (hey that's really not very secure though!) then
> you can get filename completion for scp with zsh.

It is very secure if you have passphrases on your private key. In fact, it's more secure than having a password.

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