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@@ -2,11 +2,20 @@ `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. +simultaneously and (2) a large file in parallel. It may shorten the +waiting time for transferring a lot of/large files over networks. -The usage of mscp is similar to scp, e.g., `mscp example.com:srcfile -/tmp/dstfile`, except remote glob on remote shell expansion and `-r` -is not needed on mscp. +You can use `mscp` like `scp`, e.g., `mscp example.com:srcfile +/tmp/dstfile`. Remote hosts only need to run `sshd` supporting the +SFTP subsystem, and you need to be able to ssh to the hosts (as +usual). + +Differences from `scp` are: + +- remote glob on remote shell expansion is not supported. +- remote to remote copy is not supported. +- `-r` option is not needed. +- and any other differences I have not noticed and implemented... ## Build |