openssh unix dev - Feb 2003 - [Bug 485] scp doesn't preserve symbolic links

http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485





------- Additional Comments From markus at openbsd.org  2003-02-07 07:51 -------
why don't you use sftp?

i think skipping links is an option, but copying not.



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------- Additional Comments From djm at mindrot.org  2003-02-24 13:19 -------
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Make scp skip symlinks

Like this...



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------- Additional Comments From jsk29 at cornell.edu  2003-02-24 14:20 -------
I don't use sftp because the semantics of scp is exactly what I need.

"cp -r" preserves symbolic links.  scp should behave identically.



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