in reply to Specifying identify file with Net::SCP

Perusing the source, it looks like the command to be executed can be modified:

use Net::SCP;
$Net::SCP::scp = "scp -i $identity_file";
$scp = Net::SCP->new( "hostname", "username" );

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Ultimately, the flag handling should be rewritten in the module to allow full functionality ...

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