Re: SCP hangs wile coying large files

On 7/21/06, Patrick Morris <pmorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It's almost a sure thing your OpenSSh was compiled without
large file support. If you can't upgrade it, your only real option
is to somehow use smaller files.

How about avoiding the issue of large file support in OpenSSH entirely:

ssh sol8 dd if=bigfile | dd of=bigfile

(while logged in to sun5.)