Erase the source file open; specify a tempfile name option

Wayne Davison wayne at blorf.net
Sun May 20 16:27:20 EST 2001


On Sat, 19 May 2001 mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org wrote:
> This issue has come up before.  The heart of the issue is that we should
> keep the source difference as manageable as we can between rcp and scp.

I understand now.  I thought this was a philosophical objection, not one
of keeping the code for rcp and scp close to each other.  In that case,
why shouldn't we add these options to rcp as well?  They're useful no
matter what remote/secure shell you use to connect to the other system.

..wayne..




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