Double quote scp?

[Jim Knoble]

Circa 2003-12-04 14:57:30 -0800 dixit 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.

As long as both the source and the target systems have a 'tar' command
that understands symlinks.  Older BSD tar doesn't, in which case you
need to use something else, like pax, GNU tar, or Joerg Schilling's
star[1].

Or use rsync[2]-over-SSH, which is reliable and is able to restart
aborted transfers (rsync -e ssh -avP sourcefile user at target:/path/).

[1] http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/star.html
[2] http://rsync.samba.org/

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