scp-read-file-template: preference variable

Default value: "scp -q %u@%h:%f %l"

Normally Epsilon copies files using an sftp program, but you can set it to use a separate program instead, if you must use an old ssh system that lacks sftp support. When Epsilon tries to access an scp URL, it uses this template to build a command that copies a file from a remote host to a local file, in cases where it can't use an sftp program to do this. (See the scp-client-style variable.)

Epsilon substitutes the host name for %h, the user name for %u, the file name part for %f, and the name of the local destination file for %l. The local file will be a relative pathname to a file in the current directory of the scp command. The resulting command line should transfer the file quietly, without progress messages.

If the scp URL doesn't include a user name, Epsilon uses the scp-read-file-no-user-template variable instead. Epsilon checks for host-specific variables before checking this variable.

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