Re: Does sftp or scp gaurentee delivery?

From: Bev A. Kupf (bevakupf_at_myhome.net)
Date: 02/19/04


Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:54:23 GMT

On 19 Feb 2004 06:48:51 -0800,
    Snoopy_ (snoopy_@excite.com) wrote:
> Does anyone know if scp or sftp ensures that a transfer is complete.
> With plain ftp, I am never gaurenteed that the file is trasnferred
> completely (such as with checksum information), does sftp or scp use
> checksum information or such to ensure that the file that is
> transfered is complete? Thanks.

ftp, sftp, and scp don't need to. That is what the transport layer
provides.

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Bev A. Kupf
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