Bug#313045: /usr/bin/scp: scp: Avoid Text file busy error

[Olaf van der Spek <OvdSpek@LIACS.NL>]

Package: openssh-client
Version: 1:4.1p1-3
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/bin/scp

Hi,

When you upload a file while the destination file is in-use, you get the Text file busy error.
Could this be avoided?
I'd guess either by trying an unlink when you get that error or by the atomic transfers feature request.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages openssh-client depends on:
ii  adduser               3.63               Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.51             Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg                  1.10.28            Package maintenance system for Deb
ii  libc6                 2.3.2.ds1-22       GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libedit2              2.9.cvs.20050518-2 BSD editline and history libraries
ii  libncurses5           5.4-4              Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libssl0.9.7           0.9.7g-1           SSL shared libraries
ii  zlib1g                1:1.2.2-4          compression library - runtime

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