Mailing List Archive: Feature request: scp not overwriting existing files

Feature request: scp not overwriting existing files

openssh-unix-dev.mindrot.org at marc-haber

Apr 30, 2000, 1:30 AM

Post #1 of 4 (566 views)

Hi,

I would like to have an option to have scp refrain from overwriting
target files if they already exist. Default behavior needs to be
unchanged to maintain compatibility, but an option to stop scp from
clobbering existing files would definetely be nice. If a file cannot
be written, scp should have another option to continue with the next
file instead of aborting.

Greetings
Marc

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Re: Feature request: scp not overwriting existing files [ In reply to ]

karn at ka9q

Apr 30, 2000, 2:16 PM

Post #2 of 4 (559 views)

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>I would like to have an option to have scp refrain from overwriting
>target files if they already exist. Default behavior needs to be

I agree, this would be useful.

As a workaround, you can run rsync on top of ssh instead of using scp.
rsync has all sorts of useful options, including --update, which inhibits
overwriting of newer files with the same name, and --backup, which
makes backup copies of overwritten files.

Phil

Re: Feature request: scp not overwriting existing files [ In reply to ]

markus.friedl at informatik

May 1, 2000, 12:53 PM

Post #3 of 4 (554 views)

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On Mon, May 01, 2000 at 08:54:36PM +0000, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 15:16:01 -0700, you wrote:
> >As a workaround, you can run rsync on top of ssh instead of using scp.
>
> That'd require an rsyncd on the remote host. Never touch a running
> system ;-)

it does not require rsyncd, just a rsync binary somewhere on the remote host.

Re: Feature request: scp not overwriting existing files [ In reply to ]

openssh-unix-dev.mindrot.org at marc-haber

May 1, 2000, 12:54 PM

Post #4 of 4 (554 views)

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On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 15:16:01 -0700, you wrote:
>As a workaround, you can run rsync on top of ssh instead of using scp.

That'd require an rsyncd on the remote host. Never touch a running
system ;-)

Greetings
Marc

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