diff --git a/tests/FILEFORMAT.md b/tests/FILEFORMAT.md
index 034b1a73c1..872c6e676c 100644
--- a/tests/FILEFORMAT.md
+++ b/tests/FILEFORMAT.md
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ Available substitute variables include:
 - `%SRCDIR` - Full path to the source dir
 - `%SSHPORT` - Port number of the SCP/SFTP server
 - `%SSHSRVMD5` - MD5 of SSH server's public key
+- `%SSH_PWD` - Current directory friendly for the SSH server
 - `%TFTP6PORT` - IPv6 port number of the TFTP server
 - `%TFTPPORT` - Port number of the TFTP server
 - `%USER` - Login ID of the user running the test
diff --git a/tests/data/test1446 b/tests/data/test1446
index 96d634e1c2..637df583fe 100644
--- a/tests/data/test1446
+++ b/tests/data/test1446
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ perl %SRCDIR/libtest/test613.pl prepare %PWD/log/test1446.dir
 SFTP with --remote-time
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/test1446.dir/rofile.txt --insecure --remote-time
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/test1446.dir/rofile.txt --insecure --remote-time
 </command>
 <postcheck>
 perl %SRCDIR/libtest/test613.pl postprocess %PWD/log/test1446.dir && \
diff --git a/tests/data/test2004 b/tests/data/test2004
index 5b3b68d0c0..f9add83d56 100644
--- a/tests/data/test2004
+++ b/tests/data/test2004
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ sftp
 TFTP RRQ followed by SFTP retrieval followed by FILE followed by SCP retrieval then again in reverse order
  </name>
 <command option="no-include">
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: tftp://%HOSTIP:%TFTPPORT//2004 sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/test2004.txt file://localhost%FILE_PWD/log/test2004.txt scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/test2004.txt file://localhost%FILE_PWD/log/test2004.txt sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/test2004.txt tftp://%HOSTIP:%TFTPPORT//2004 --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: tftp://%HOSTIP:%TFTPPORT//2004 sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/test2004.txt file://localhost%FILE_PWD/log/test2004.txt scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/test2004.txt file://localhost%FILE_PWD/log/test2004.txt sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/test2004.txt tftp://%HOSTIP:%TFTPPORT//2004 --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/test2004.txt">
 This is test data
diff --git a/tests/data/test582 b/tests/data/test582
index 65d85b2323..8ac6bc86a1 100644
--- a/tests/data/test582
+++ b/tests/data/test582
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ lib582
 SFTP upload using multi interface
  </name>
  <command>
-Sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/upload582.txt %PWD/log/file582.txt %USER:
+Sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/upload582.txt %PWD/log/file582.txt %USER:
 </command>
 <file name="log/file582.txt">
 Moooooooooooo
diff --git a/tests/data/test583 b/tests/data/test583
index 2c41ca1d22..e7d95960b9 100644
--- a/tests/data/test583
+++ b/tests/data/test583
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ SFTP with multi interface, remove handle early
 # name resolve will cause it to return rather quickly and thus we could trigger
 # the problem we're looking to verify.
  <command>
-sftp://localhost:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/upload583.txt %USER:
+sftp://localhost:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/upload583.txt %USER:
 </command>
 </client>
 
diff --git a/tests/data/test600 b/tests/data/test600
index 2a139b8173..f9415e0e05 100644
--- a/tests/data/test600
+++ b/tests/data/test600
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP retrieval
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file600.txt --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file600.txt --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file600.txt">
 Test data
diff --git a/tests/data/test601 b/tests/data/test601
index 544a88068d..c89b645356 100644
--- a/tests/data/test601
+++ b/tests/data/test601
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ scp
 SCP retrieval
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file601.txt --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file601.txt --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file601.txt">
 Test data
diff --git a/tests/data/test602 b/tests/data/test602
index 6bb0df3f42..dd300c74d6 100644
--- a/tests/data/test602
+++ b/tests/data/test602
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP put
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -T log/file602.txt sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/upload.602 --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -T log/file602.txt sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/upload.602 --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file602.txt">
 Test data
diff --git a/tests/data/test603 b/tests/data/test603
index 879e4c0f78..b96c4057fd 100644
--- a/tests/data/test603
+++ b/tests/data/test603
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ scp
 SCP upload
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -T log/file603.txt scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/upload.603 --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -T log/file603.txt scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/upload.603 --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file603.txt">
 Test data
diff --git a/tests/data/test604 b/tests/data/test604
index f76a7fb232..f503e669e7 100644
--- a/tests/data/test604
+++ b/tests/data/test604
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP retrieval of nonexistent file
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/not-a-valid-file-moooo --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/not-a-valid-file-moooo --insecure
 </command>
 </client>
 
diff --git a/tests/data/test605 b/tests/data/test605
index a18ab2997a..29555fa824 100644
--- a/tests/data/test605
+++ b/tests/data/test605
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ scp
 SCP retrieval of nonexistent file
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/not-a-valid-file-moooo --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/not-a-valid-file-moooo --insecure
 </command>
 </client>
 
diff --git a/tests/data/test606 b/tests/data/test606
index 37e21086cd..c790bd685c 100644
--- a/tests/data/test606
+++ b/tests/data/test606
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP invalid user login
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u not-a-valid-user: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/not-a-valid-file-moooo --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u not-a-valid-user: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/not-a-valid-file-moooo --insecure
 </command>
 </client>
 
diff --git a/tests/data/test607 b/tests/data/test607
index e422451513..8c13e5844c 100644
--- a/tests/data/test607
+++ b/tests/data/test607
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ scp
 SCP invalid user login
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u not-a-valid-user: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/not-a-valid-file-moooo --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u not-a-valid-user: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/not-a-valid-file-moooo --insecure
 </command>
 </client>
 
diff --git a/tests/data/test608 b/tests/data/test608
index 86391f085c..b4d010556e 100644
--- a/tests/data/test608
+++ b/tests/data/test608
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP post-quote rename
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -Q "-rename %PWD/log/file608.txt %PWD/log/file608-renamed.txt" sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file608.txt --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -Q "-rename %PWD/log/file608.txt %PWD/log/file608-renamed.txt" sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file608.txt --insecure
 </command>
 # Verify that the file was renamed properly, then rename the file back to what
 # it was so the verify section works and the file can be cleaned up.
diff --git a/tests/data/test609 b/tests/data/test609
index 4a9da1a949..5aa9eecfc0 100644
--- a/tests/data/test609
+++ b/tests/data/test609
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP post-quote mkdir failure
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -Q "-mkdir %PWD/log/file609.txt" sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file609.txt --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -Q "-mkdir %PWD/log/file609.txt" sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file609.txt --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file609.txt">
 Test file for mkdir test
diff --git a/tests/data/test610 b/tests/data/test610
index 179146419d..d097421517 100644
--- a/tests/data/test610
+++ b/tests/data/test610
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ perl %SRCDIR/libtest/test610.pl mkdir %PWD/log/test610.dir
 SFTP post-quote rmdir
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -Q "-rmdir %PWD/log/test610.dir" sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file610.txt --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -Q "-rmdir %PWD/log/test610.dir" sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file610.txt --insecure
 </command>
 <postcheck>
 perl %SRCDIR/libtest/test610.pl gone %PWD/log/test610.dir
diff --git a/tests/data/test611 b/tests/data/test611
index f40a4bda39..6362002e34 100644
--- a/tests/data/test611
+++ b/tests/data/test611
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ perl %SRCDIR/libtest/test610.pl mkdir %PWD/log/test611.dir
 SFTP post-quote rename
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -Q "-rename %PWD/log/test611.dir %PWD/log/test611.new" sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file611.txt --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -Q "-rename %PWD/log/test611.dir %PWD/log/test611.new" sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file611.txt --insecure
 </command>
 <postcheck>
 perl %SRCDIR/libtest/test610.pl rmdir %PWD/log/test611.new
diff --git a/tests/data/test612 b/tests/data/test612
index 4fed660d74..ae18afbc14 100644
--- a/tests/data/test612
+++ b/tests/data/test612
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP post-quote remove file
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -T log/file612.txt -Q "-rm %PWD/log/file612.txt" sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/upload.612  --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -T log/file612.txt -Q "-rm %PWD/log/file612.txt" sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/upload.612  --insecure
 </command>
 <postcheck>
 perl %SRCDIR/libtest/test610.pl gone %PWD/log/test612.txt
diff --git a/tests/data/test613 b/tests/data/test613
index c4d82fbf0d..fcb9837711 100644
--- a/tests/data/test613
+++ b/tests/data/test613
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ perl %SRCDIR/libtest/test613.pl prepare %PWD/log/test613.dir
 SFTP directory retrieval
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/test613.dir/ --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/test613.dir/ --insecure
 </command>
 <postcheck>
 perl %SRCDIR/libtest/test613.pl postprocess %PWD/log/test613.dir %PWD/log/curl613.out
diff --git a/tests/data/test614 b/tests/data/test614
index bcc07275ec..95a86c5620 100644
--- a/tests/data/test614
+++ b/tests/data/test614
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ perl %SRCDIR/libtest/test613.pl prepare %PWD/log/test614.dir
 SFTP pre-quote chmod
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -Q "chmod 444 %PWD/log/test614.dir/plainfile.txt" sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/test614.dir/ --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -Q "chmod 444 %PWD/log/test614.dir/plainfile.txt" sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/test614.dir/ --insecure
 </command>
 <postcheck>
 perl %SRCDIR/libtest/test613.pl postprocess %PWD/log/test614.dir %PWD/log/curl614.out
diff --git a/tests/data/test615 b/tests/data/test615
index 7c50a28b15..5f4859c2f6 100644
--- a/tests/data/test615
+++ b/tests/data/test615
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ perl %SRCDIR/libtest/test613.pl prepare %PWD/log/test615.dir
 SFTP put remote failure
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -T log/file615.txt sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/test615.dir/rofile.txt --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -T log/file615.txt sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/test615.dir/rofile.txt --insecure
 </command>
 <postcheck>
 perl %SRCDIR/libtest/test613.pl postprocess %PWD/log/test615.dir
diff --git a/tests/data/test616 b/tests/data/test616
index 5b464b06de..14c3d3376e 100644
--- a/tests/data/test616
+++ b/tests/data/test616
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP retrieval of empty file
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file616.txt --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file616.txt --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file616.txt">
 </file>
diff --git a/tests/data/test617 b/tests/data/test617
index 21c1e3b3ec..67f0c9a16d 100644
--- a/tests/data/test617
+++ b/tests/data/test617
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ scp
 SCP retrieval of empty file
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file617.txt --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file617.txt --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file617.txt">
 </file>
diff --git a/tests/data/test618 b/tests/data/test618
index 23f03ac686..feb095ebeb 100644
--- a/tests/data/test618
+++ b/tests/data/test618
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP retrieval of two files
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file618.txt sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file618.txt --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file618.txt sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file618.txt --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file618.txt">
 Test data
diff --git a/tests/data/test619 b/tests/data/test619
index 3397c1f1a4..6c1273c048 100644
--- a/tests/data/test619
+++ b/tests/data/test619
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ scp
 SCP retrieval of two files
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file619.txt scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file619.txt --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file619.txt scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file619.txt --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file619.txt">
 Test data
diff --git a/tests/data/test620 b/tests/data/test620
index 28019e792a..4638255133 100644
--- a/tests/data/test620
+++ b/tests/data/test620
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP retrieval of missing file followed by good file
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/not-a-valid-file-moooo sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file620.txt --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/not-a-valid-file-moooo sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file620.txt --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file620.txt">
 Test data
diff --git a/tests/data/test621 b/tests/data/test621
index 2b39e9f7d7..f0ac9b7284 100644
--- a/tests/data/test621
+++ b/tests/data/test621
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ scp
 SCP retrieval of missing file followed by good file
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/not-a-valid-file-moooo scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file621.txt --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/not-a-valid-file-moooo scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file621.txt --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file621.txt">
 Test data
diff --git a/tests/data/test622 b/tests/data/test622
index 8f1a6e46c0..7b5fd5b2ee 100644
--- a/tests/data/test622
+++ b/tests/data/test622
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP put failure
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -T log/file622.txt sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/nonexistent-directory/nonexistent-file --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -T log/file622.txt sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/nonexistent-directory/nonexistent-file --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file622.txt">
 Test data
diff --git a/tests/data/test623 b/tests/data/test623
index 2c6a4381d2..e2914c9d04 100644
--- a/tests/data/test623
+++ b/tests/data/test623
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ scp
 SCP upload failure
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -T log/file623.txt scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/nonexistent-directory/nonexistent-file --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -T log/file623.txt scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/nonexistent-directory/nonexistent-file --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file623.txt">
 Test data
diff --git a/tests/data/test624 b/tests/data/test624
index 15b65a8dac..8aaf527e5a 100644
--- a/tests/data/test624
+++ b/tests/data/test624
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP put with --ftp-create-dirs
  </name>
  <command>
---ftp-create-dirs --key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -T log/file624.txt sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/test624.dir/upload.624 --insecure
+--ftp-create-dirs --key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -T log/file624.txt sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/test624.dir/upload.624 --insecure
 </command>
 <postcheck>
 perl %SRCDIR/libtest/test610.pl move %PWD/log/test624.dir/upload.624 %PWD/log/upload.624 rmdir %PWD/log/test624.dir
diff --git a/tests/data/test625 b/tests/data/test625
index 8a5a2ae39d..1fe9b55c0c 100644
--- a/tests/data/test625
+++ b/tests/data/test625
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP put with --ftp-create-dirs twice
  </name>
  <command>
---ftp-create-dirs --key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -T log/file625.txt sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/test625.a/upload.625 -T log/file625.txt sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/test625.b/upload.625 --insecure
+--ftp-create-dirs --key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -T log/file625.txt sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/test625.a/upload.625 -T log/file625.txt sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/test625.b/upload.625 --insecure
 </command>
 <postcheck>
 perl %SRCDIR/libtest/test610.pl move %PWD/log/test625.a/upload.625 %PWD/log/upload.625 rmdir %PWD/log/test625.a rm %PWD/log/test625.b/upload.625 rmdir %PWD/log/test625.b
diff --git a/tests/data/test626 b/tests/data/test626
index fd955692bc..edf2aa5208 100644
--- a/tests/data/test626
+++ b/tests/data/test626
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP invalid quote command
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -Q "invalid-command foo bar" sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file626.txt --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -Q "invalid-command foo bar" sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file626.txt --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file626.txt">
 Test file for rename test
diff --git a/tests/data/test628 b/tests/data/test628
index b5aaec6a8a..86c00f16d7 100644
--- a/tests/data/test628
+++ b/tests/data/test628
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP invalid user login (password authentication)
  </name>
  <command>
--u not-a-valid-user: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/irrelevant-file  --insecure
+-u not-a-valid-user: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/irrelevant-file  --insecure
 </command>
 </client>
 
diff --git a/tests/data/test629 b/tests/data/test629
index 7ce5e30054..07ac767ab2 100644
--- a/tests/data/test629
+++ b/tests/data/test629
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ scp
 SCP invalid user login (password authentication)
  </name>
  <command>
--u not-a-valid-user: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/irrelevant-file --insecure
+-u not-a-valid-user: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/irrelevant-file --insecure
 </command>
 </client>
 
diff --git a/tests/data/test630 b/tests/data/test630
index ffde8ea54d..f678528b0e 100644
--- a/tests/data/test630
+++ b/tests/data/test630
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP incorrect host key
  </name>
  <command>
---hostpubmd5 00000000000000000000000000000000 --key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/irrelevant-file --insecure
+--hostpubmd5 00000000000000000000000000000000 --key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/irrelevant-file --insecure
 </command>
 </client>
 
diff --git a/tests/data/test631 b/tests/data/test631
index ddb7d280d7..720f3716ff 100644
--- a/tests/data/test631
+++ b/tests/data/test631
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ scp
 SCP incorrect host key
  </name>
  <command>
---hostpubmd5 00000000000000000000000000000000 --key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/irrelevant-file --insecure
+--hostpubmd5 00000000000000000000000000000000 --key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/irrelevant-file --insecure
 </command>
 </client>
 
diff --git a/tests/data/test632 b/tests/data/test632
index 456adc604c..70cfe515af 100644
--- a/tests/data/test632
+++ b/tests/data/test632
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP syntactically invalid host key
  </name>
  <command>
---hostpubmd5 00 --key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%NOLISTENPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/irrelevant-file --insecure
+--hostpubmd5 00 --key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%NOLISTENPORT%SSH_PWD/log/irrelevant-file --insecure
 </command>
 </client>
 
diff --git a/tests/data/test633 b/tests/data/test633
index d87bfb9915..913d981f5f 100644
--- a/tests/data/test633
+++ b/tests/data/test633
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP retrieval with byte range
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file633.txt -r 5-9 --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file633.txt -r 5-9 --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file633.txt">
 Test data
diff --git a/tests/data/test634 b/tests/data/test634
index c93e09e5c9..fc250f9c90 100644
--- a/tests/data/test634
+++ b/tests/data/test634
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP retrieval with byte range past end of file
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file634.txt -r 5-99 --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file634.txt -r 5-99 --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file634.txt">
 Test data
diff --git a/tests/data/test635 b/tests/data/test635
index e572567f17..16ef66c0fa 100644
--- a/tests/data/test635
+++ b/tests/data/test635
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP retrieval with byte range relative to end of file
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file635.txt -r -9 --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file635.txt -r -9 --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file635.txt">
 Test data
diff --git a/tests/data/test636 b/tests/data/test636
index 29f1657103..0ea350904f 100644
--- a/tests/data/test636
+++ b/tests/data/test636
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP retrieval with X- byte range
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file636.txt -r 5- --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file636.txt -r 5- --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file636.txt">
 Test data
diff --git a/tests/data/test637 b/tests/data/test637
index c0f760fecb..71b81268b9 100644
--- a/tests/data/test637
+++ b/tests/data/test637
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP retrieval with invalid X- range
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file637.txt -r 99- --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file637.txt -r 99- --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file637.txt">
 Test data
diff --git a/tests/data/test638 b/tests/data/test638
index 1e42596a5b..fdc140c6fe 100644
--- a/tests/data/test638
+++ b/tests/data/test638
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ perl %SRCDIR/libtest/test610.pl mkdir %PWD/log/test638.dir
 SFTP post-quote rename * asterisk accept-fail
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -Q "-*rename %PWD/log/test638.dir %PWD/log/test638.new" sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file638.txt --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -Q "-*rename %PWD/log/test638.dir %PWD/log/test638.new" sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file638.txt --insecure
 </command>
 <postcheck>
 perl %SRCDIR/libtest/test610.pl rmdir %PWD/log/test638.new
diff --git a/tests/data/test639 b/tests/data/test639
index bb06be756b..d80c8c14ca 100644
--- a/tests/data/test639
+++ b/tests/data/test639
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ perl %SRCDIR/libtest/test610.pl mkdir %PWD/log/test639.dir
 SFTP post-quote rename * asterisk accept-fail
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -Q "-*rename %PWD/log/test639-not-exists-dir %PWD/log/test639.new" sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file639.txt --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: -Q "-*rename %PWD/log/test639-not-exists-dir %PWD/log/test639.new" sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file639.txt --insecure
 </command>
 <postcheck>
 perl %SRCDIR/libtest/test610.pl rmdir %PWD/log/test639.dir
diff --git a/tests/data/test640 b/tests/data/test640
index 979ac2ba7e..9d1ade4c09 100644
--- a/tests/data/test640
+++ b/tests/data/test640
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP --head retrieval
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file640.txt --insecure --head
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file640.txt --insecure --head
 </command>
 <file name="log/file640.txt">
 Test data
diff --git a/tests/data/test641 b/tests/data/test641
index cc1da944ef..9f168aaef4 100644
--- a/tests/data/test641
+++ b/tests/data/test641
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ scp
 SCP --head retrieval
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file641.txt --insecure --head
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file641.txt --insecure --head
 </command>
 <file name="log/file641.txt">
 Test data
diff --git a/tests/data/test642 b/tests/data/test642
index 084626f04d..6ae52bb82f 100644
--- a/tests/data/test642
+++ b/tests/data/test642
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP retrieval
  </name>
  <command>
---key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: --compressed-ssh sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file642.txt --insecure
+--key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: --compressed-ssh sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file642.txt --insecure
 </command>
 <file name="log/file642.txt">
 Test data
diff --git a/tests/data/test656 b/tests/data/test656
index 8591490ed1..fb0f27fb95 100644
--- a/tests/data/test656
+++ b/tests/data/test656
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP retrieval with nonexistent private key file
  </name>
  <command>
---key DOES_NOT_EXIST --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/not-a-valid-file-moooo --insecure --connect-timeout 8
+--key DOES_NOT_EXIST --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/not-a-valid-file-moooo --insecure --connect-timeout 8
 </command>
 </client>
 
diff --git a/tests/data/test664 b/tests/data/test664
index cb73b248bb..6bea4ed1a0 100644
--- a/tests/data/test664
+++ b/tests/data/test664
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sftp
 SFTP correct host key
  </name>
  <command>
---hostpubmd5 %SSHSRVMD5 --key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file664.txt
+--hostpubmd5 %SSHSRVMD5 --key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: sftp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file664.txt
 </command>
 <file name="log/file664.txt">
 test
diff --git a/tests/data/test665 b/tests/data/test665
index 830adb8f62..689fa31b68 100644
--- a/tests/data/test665
+++ b/tests/data/test665
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ scp
 SCP correct host key
  </name>
  <command>
---hostpubmd5 %SSHSRVMD5 --key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%POSIX_PWD/log/file665.txt
+--hostpubmd5 %SSHSRVMD5 --key curl_client_key --pubkey curl_client_key.pub -u %USER: scp://%HOSTIP:%SSHPORT%SSH_PWD/log/file665.txt
 </command>
 <file name="log/file665.txt">
 test
diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index f38e21e84d..d074de9fa4
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -2152,6 +2152,12 @@ sub runsshserver {
     if ($doesntrun{$pidfile}) {
         return (0,0);
     }
+
+    my $sshd = find_sshd();
+    if($sshd) {
+        ($sshdid,$sshdvernum,$sshdverstr,$sshderror) = sshversioninfo($sshd);
+    }
+
     my $pid = processexists($pidfile);
     if($pid > 0) {
         stopserver($server, "$pid");
@@ -3294,8 +3300,13 @@ sub subVariables {
     if($file_pwd !~ /^\//) {
         $file_pwd = "/$file_pwd";
     }
+    my $ssh_pwd = $posix_pwd;
+    if ($sshdid && $sshdid =~ /OpenSSH-Windows/) {
+        $ssh_pwd = $file_pwd;
+    }
 
     $$thing =~ s/${prefix}FILE_PWD/$file_pwd/g;
+    $$thing =~ s/${prefix}SSH_PWD/$ssh_pwd/g;
     $$thing =~ s/${prefix}SRCDIR/$srcdir/g;
     $$thing =~ s/${prefix}USER/$USER/g;