openssh unix dev - Apr 2000 - Feature request: scp not overwriting existing files

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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>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