SCP file corruptions

[Nicolas.Williams at ubsw.com]

if /somedir/fileA on hostA == /path/to/fileB on hostB because of NFS/AFS/DFS/whatever
then
	"hostA/somedir/: scp fileA hostB:/path/to/fileB" will corrupt the file
fi


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Studley [mailto:mjs at ams.org]
> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 1:14 PM
> To: GATHMAN,DON (HP-Boise,ex1)
> Cc: 'openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org'
> Subject: Re: SCP file corruptions
> 
> 
> What options did you use with scp and what was the exact 
> error message?
> Generally, at least in my experience, scp will not copy over 
> a file when
> the 'source' and 'destination' are identical when doing a local copy:
> 
> $ scp test test
> cp: test and test are identical
> 
> when doing a remote copy, you will overwrite the remote file 
> but that is
> a different situation and should not corrupt the file.
> 
> 
> Matt Studley
> American Mathematical Society
> UNIX Sys Admin        		  "Quantum Mechanics -
> mjs at ams.org			  	The dreams that stuff 
> is made of"
> 
> On Mon, 6 May 2002, GATHMAN,DON (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I apparently was asleep at the wheel using scp, and 
> accidentally copied a
> > file onto itself.  Scp generated an Input/Output error and 
> did not perform
> > the copy.  However, now the file is corrupt.  Is this a 
> but? Is there anyway
> > to fix the file I messed up?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Don Gathman
> > 208.396.6675
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