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[ale] Can SFTP do this
- Subject: [ale] Can SFTP do this
- From: slitt at troubleshooters.com (Steve Litt)
- Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 01:26:55 -0400
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On Wed, 12 Oct 2016 07:11:42 -0700
Jerald Sheets <questy at gmail.com> wrote:
> I?ve always found it curious the number of folks that would use sftp
> over scp. Is there any intrinsic benefit of one over the other? The
> interactivity would annoy the bejeezus out of me.
Unless I know the *exact* spelling of the path and file on the far end,
I use sftp because it's discoverable.
And typically, if scp is appropriate, rsync is even more appropriate.
SteveT
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