In article <1182933599.682123.161180@o11g2000prd.googlegroups. com>
usenet@DavidFilmer.com writes:
>On Jun 26, 10:57 pm, p...@hedeland.org (Per Hedeland) wrote:
>
>> It is also documented in sftp(1) (at least in current versions):
>hmmm. Documented poorly IMHO
>
>> -b batchfile
>> Batch mode reads a series of commands from an input batchfile
>> instead of stdin. Since it lacks user interaction it should be
>> used in conjunction with non-interactive authentication.
>
>To me, the word "should" implies a recommendation.

Well, I was thinking primarily of the "lacks user interaction", which is
pretty definitive - and it's true, but only because the developers
decided to take away the user interaction that was possible earlier!:-)

--Per Hedeland
per@hedeland.org