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| author | Ryo Nakamura <upa@haeena.net> | 2022-11-18 14:42:23 +0900 |
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| committer | Ryo Nakamura <upa@haeena.net> | 2022-11-18 20:20:19 +0900 |
| commit | 5e7aa774cafef00e2ec911ec978f07acedeadcae (patch) | |
| tree | 71b082e74a365aba23552e73c140a7d912b9b581 /README.md | |
| parent | b8d58b1fba1d29d36b98dd19e544ff3002b286e4 (diff) | |
fix when copy multiple sources and various tiny fixes
* when copying multiple sources, target must be directory
* add multi-src copy test and parametrize src/dst prefixes
* cleanup REAMDE (s/sessions/connections/g)
* make error output in copy functions simple
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ `mscp`, a variant of `scp`, copies files over multiple ssh (SFTP) -sessions. Multiple threads in mscp transfer (1) multiple files -simultaneously and (2) a large file in parallel. It may shorten the -waiting time for transferring a lot of/large files over networks. +connections. Multiple threads and connections in mscp transfer (1) +multiple files simultaneously and (2) a large file in parallel. It +would shorten the waiting time for transferring a lot of/large files +over networks. You can use `mscp` like `scp`, for example, `mscp user@example.com:srcfile /tmp/dstfile`. Remote hosts only need to run @@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ standard `sshd` supporting the SFTP subsystem, and you need to be able to ssh to the hosts (as usual). `mscp` does not require anything else. -Differences from `scp` are: +Differences from `scp`: - remote glob on remote shell expansion is not supported. - remote to remote copy is not supported. @@ -173,6 +174,12 @@ responsible for any accidents due to mscp. ## Build with Async Write +Asynchronous SFTP write improves local-to-remote copy throughput. The +following procedure is how to build mscp with libssh with a +`sftp_async_write` patch based on +https://github.com/limes-datentechnik-gmbh/libssh (see [Re: SFTP Write +async](https://archive.libssh.org/libssh/2020-06/0000004.html)) + ```console # install required package sudo apt install libkrb5-dev |