Re: convenience question of new scp user

From: Mike (nomail_at_redterra.net)
Date: 06/23/03 

Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 21:43:04 +0800

If you need resume and robust transfer, rsync over ssh is a good way to
go.

Mike

johan antwerp wrote:

> I've only used scp once and I have a few questions about "convenience
> features" of scp. The location I'll be at for the next several months
> has an unreliable dial-up connection and the power goes down
> frequently.
>
> 1) If the power fails on my computer when I'm doing a very large file
> transfer with scp, after a reboot and re-establishment of the ssh
> session, can scp simply resume the file transfer where it was left off
> or does it have to start over from the begining?
>
> 2) can multiple connections be opened to increase the speed of the scp
> file transfer?
>
> 3) would these features depend only on the underlying protocols or
> technology and not scp itself?
>
> 4) if not (3), are these types of features not standardized or in the
> specification? Therefore one implementation of scp could have these
> features while another implentation does not?
>
> 5) what underlying protocols does scp rely on?
>
> any information would be helpful

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