Erase the source file open; specify a tempfile name option

[Markus Friedl]

On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 01:39:49PM +0200, Gert Doering wrote:
>   scp file remote:file.tmp
>   ssh remote mv file.tmp file

you can do
	cat file | ssh remote 'cat - > file.tmp && mv file.tmp file'
instead.