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@@ -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 |