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On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, Sindi wrote:

> need to give a command, wait a few seconds, then give my password.  The
> --help is cryptic and -p was not for password.  Does standard scp let you
> specify password?

It appears you cannot specify a password using standard scp. The -p option is 
for preserving file information (e.g., modification time). You can use ssh and, 
I believe, scp, "passwordless" by recording the public key of the computers 
you're connecting to/from in some config file(s). I read some instructions 
about how to do this, but do not recall particulars. I've not tried it myself. 
I believe I read about this at a Polish Linux site (directions were in 
English). Google will turn up the information for you if you wanna try this 
approach.

James