scp problem (openssh-2.9p2)

Tue Jul 10 00:45:24 EST 2001

Dan,

Thanks (I just forgot).

Nice.

Joel

                    Dan Kaminsky                                                                              
                    <dankamin at cis        To:     openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org@SMTP at EUROPAY, Joël              
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                    09-07-01             Subject:     Re: scp problem (openssh-2.9p2)                         
                    04:02 PM                                                                                  

> scp does not preserve links (neither soft neither hard)

Joel--

    Play around with the following command:

    tar -cf - <files/directories> | ssh user at host 'tar -C
destination_path -xvf -'

    I've begun to completely abandon SCP proper.

--Dan

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