[Gllug] scp / sftp comparison

[Bruce Richardson]

On 20/03/02, 14:52:36, "Paul Brazier" <pbrazier at cosmos-uk.co.uk> wrote 
regarding [Gllug] scp / sftp comparison:


> Could anyone give me a basic (one line) compare & contrast of scp and
> sftp?
> As I understand it, scp requires the user to have a shell on the remote
> machine but sftp doesn't.

No.  You authenticate the same way with both scp and sftp.  The 
difference is that scp is a single command, with cp-like syntax, while 
sftp gives you an interactive interface.

Also, scp lets you copy between two remote machines.

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Bruce

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