sitecopy with ssh/scp, sftp

Here are some patches for  sitecopy about ssh/scp, sftp.

sitecopy is a file mirroring tool, especially for web contents. It supports FTP and WebDAV.

It is simmilar to weex, ftpmirror, mirror , etc. Comparing these tools, sitecopy has a particular feature that it records locally the status of files in server side, in order to list up files which need update without connecting the server. Handling protocol in sitecopy's source code is so abstracted, that it makes easy to add a new one.

programs	upload / download	store status locally	process lock	protocols					written in
				FTP	WebDAV	rsh/rcp	ssh/scp	sftp
sitecopy	OK	OK	NG	OK	OK	partially	partially	this patch!	C
weex	OK	??	??	OK	NG	NG	NG	NG	C
ftpmirror	??	??	??	OK	NG	NG	NG	NG	Perl5
mirror	OK	??	??	OK	NG	NG	NG	NG	Perl
rsync	OK	NG	??	NG	NG	OK	OK	NG	C

Although not documented, sitecopy partially supports rsh/rcp. The following configuration, for example, is a way to use ssh/scp.

~/.sitecopyrc

site hogehoge server hogehoge protocol rsh # username nob # if needed rsh "ssh" rcp "scp -p" remote /home/nob/dst local /home/nob/src permissions all

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sftp support

Why sftp is better than scp? scp needs one ssh session per one file transfer. sftp transfers multiple files with one ssh session. To establish ssh session it takes much CPU time and may need pass phrase.

Jan 28, 2005
sitecopy-0.14.3-sftp.patch.gz
Testing on openssh-3.6.1p2. This patch enable transfer via sftp by following setting.

~/.sitecopyrc

site sftp server sftp.server.mydomain protocol sftp # username nob # if needed # rcp "sftp" # optional # rsh "ssh" # optional remote /home/nob/dst local /home/nob/src

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