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2002 Feb 20
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feature request: add -a to scp for archive-style copy
...p. scp has no easy option to copy
symlinks, etc. to reproduce a directory tree. The -r option follows
symlinks and reads the data out of device files when copying. A few
years ago, the -a option was added to normal cp, replacing the
cumbersome and arcane
(cd wherever1 ; tar cf - whatever) | (cd wherever2 ; tar xpf - )
with
cp -a wherever1/whatever wherever2
Adding a -a option to scp would likewise eliminate the need for the
even more obscure but frequently-typed
ssh wherever1 -l whoever "(cd wherever2 ; tar cf - whatever)" | (cd
wherever3 ; tar xpf - )
Instead, it would be
scp -a wh...