sftp-server failing to rename a file

[Darren Tucker]

Christian Recktenwald wrote:
[...]
> So, the sftp "rename" command refuses to rename a file
> to an existing one.

This behaviour is mandated by the version of the filexfer draft that 
OpenSSH implements [1].  About SSH_FXP_RENAME, section 6.5 says:

   "It is an error if there already exists a file
    with the name specified by newpath."

[1] http://www.openssh.com/txt/draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-02.txt,
which somewhat confusingly defines version 3 of the protocol.

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