# HG changeset patch
# User Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
# Date 1166511448 0
# Node ID 1f9822a38f41eb00f021319b7d66d467db31a3cd
# Parent  5ac41de0888b256af5cffe52967b1d80fe1ad39a
* tramp.texi (External transfer methods): Describe new method `scpc'.

diff -r 5ac41de0888b -r 1f9822a38f41 man/ChangeLog
--- a/man/ChangeLog	Tue Dec 19 06:56:27 2006 +0000
+++ b/man/ChangeLog	Tue Dec 19 06:57:28 2006 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-12-19  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
+
+	* tramp.texi (External transfer methods): Describe new method `scpc'.
+
 2006-12-18  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
 	* msdog.texi (Windows Keyboard): Add a footnote about "Windows" keys
diff -r 5ac41de0888b -r 1f9822a38f41 man/tramp.texi
--- a/man/tramp.texi	Tue Dec 19 06:56:27 2006 +0000
+++ b/man/tramp.texi	Tue Dec 19 06:57:28 2006 +0000
@@ -832,6 +832,26 @@
 This method supports the @samp{-p} hack.
 
 
+@item @option{scpc} --- @command{ssh} and @command{scp}
+@cindex method scpx
+@cindex scpx method
+@cindex scp (with scpx method)
+@cindex ssh (with scpx method)
+
+Newer versions of @option{ssh} (for example OpenSSH 4) offer an option
+@option{ControlMaster}.  This allows @option{scp} to reuse an existing
+@option{ssh} channel, which increases performance.
+
+Before you use this method, you shall check whether your @option{ssh}
+implementation does support this option.  Try from the command line
+
+@example
+ssh localhost -o ControlMaster=yes
+@end example
+
+This method supports the @samp{-p} hack.
+
+
 @item @option{pscp} --- @command{plink} and @command{pscp}
 @cindex method pscp
 @cindex pscp method