Double quote scp?

[Dan Kaminsky]

Don't use SCP, it's pretty flaky.

ssh.com prefers sftp, but I've been grumbling for a scp->tar wrapper.  
Just do this for now:

tar cf - <files/directories> | ssh user at host "cd /path && tar xvf -"

It's more awkward to type, but it's much more reliable.

--Dan





John Davidorff Pell wrote:

> I've noticed that I need to double quote file names in scp:
>
>> scp gaelicWizard:"Desktop/Picture 1.pdf" .
>> scp: Desktop/Picture: No such file or directory
>> scp: 1.pdf: No such file or directory
>
>
> Why is this necessary? Wouldn't it be much better to have scp 
> communicate with its server-side counterpart with null-terminated 
> strings, not to have the server interpret the strings separately?
>
> Thanx,
> JP
>
>
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