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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] is "scp" reliable?
Date: Sat, 29 May 2021 20:00:47
Message-Id: CAK2H+efmYbS+T6g=M8OtWaL4oahsBjq9LC9U10dQtnBOo0ca5w@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] is "scp" reliable? by thelma@sys-concept.com
1 On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 12:54 PM <thelma@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > I use "scp" to copy large file over local network, windows-7_pro.ova
4 (about 28GB) but I it failed to import the appliance with VirtualBox.
5 > Checking the md5sum of the source and destination it turn out they are
6 different.
7 >
8 > Is "scp" reliable for large files?
9
10 In my experience scp is reliable but for large files I'd probably opt for
11 some version of rsync, possibly the -P option. That way if the transfer
12 stops for some reason you can generally pick up where it left off.
13
14 HTH,
15 Mark

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