Re: Proposed enhancement to scp

From: Bill Unruh (unruh_at_string.physics.ubc.ca)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 19:47:48 +0000 (UTC)

Steve Turner <bbqboyee@H2OlooWoodworks.com> writes:

]> Be aware that the model for scp is rcp, and if it's not something rcp
]> does then there's a good chance it will not be accepted. (Also, -p is
]> already used.)

]I'm sorry to hear you say that. Where would GNU software be today if
]they had decided that making improvements on the original code was a bad
]idea?

Less bulky?

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