[Bug 485] New: scp doesn't preserve symbolic links

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http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485

           Summary: scp doesn't preserve symbolic links
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: -current
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: scp
        AssignedTo: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: jsk29 at cornell.edu


I apologize if this has been reported in another bug report.  I couldn't find
it, though, which surprises me.  I think this bug must have bitten a lot of people.

scp does not follow symbolic links.  I consider this a bug.  I understand that
some people consider this a feature, since rcp behaved the same way.  However, I
also consider it a bug in rcp. :)  (Besides, what fraction of scp users actually
ever used rcp?  It must be very small.)

It is currently extremely easy to get scp locked in an loop.  I use scp to move
input and output files from my simulations all day long, and symbolic links are
present everywhere.  I have to play a lot of games with tar to get things to
work now.  That's totally barbaric. :)

Please, please, please fix this.  Include a backwards compatibility switch if
you like.  scp rocks, but this one little bug drives me nutty. :)

Thanks guys,
John



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