Bug#76056: scp: shoulf have a "force" option ala "cp -f"

[Witold Baryluk <witold.baryluk@gmail.com>]

Package: openssh-client
Version: 1:7.9p1-9
Followup-For: Bug #76056

Hi scp maintainers,

I know the original bug is VERY old (19 years), but I see some other duplicates
about this topic, and this bug is tagged 'wontfix'.

I with scp had '--no-clobber' (skip files already at the target), and
'--interactive' (prompt before overwrite), similar to `cp`.

And because of that '--force' for completion.

'-f' is probably a bad choice, as it might clash (in theory) with `ssh -f`
(connect, prompt for authenticate, and then continue in background).

Just my 0.02$,

Regards,
Witold


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