Bug#253743: /usr/bin/scp: scp foiled when input file grows during transfer

[Matthew Vernon <matthew@sel.cam.ac.uk>]

Jeroen T. Vermeulen writes:
 > Package: ssh
 > Version: 1:3.8.1p1-4
 > Severity: normal
 > File: /usr/bin/scp
 > 
 > If data is appended to a file while it's already being scp'ed to another
 > location (e.g. because it's being transferred in from another host on a
 > faster connection), scp appears to ignore the part that was added after
 > startup.  The progress counter reaches 100%, which is 100% of the
 > partial file size, and stops there.
 
Don't Do That Then. 

Furthermore, sftp is really what you want these days - scp is not
having features added by upstream any more.

Matthew

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