* Andrew DeFaria (Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:49:49 -0700) > Thorsten Kampe wrote: > > * Andrew DeFaria (Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:48:58 -0700) > >> John J. Culkin wrote: > >>> I am seeing an issue with Cygwin's sftp. It seems that after I upload > >>> a file that overwrites an existing file, the writable bit is removed. > >>> This prevents me from uploading a new version of the file. > >>> > >>> The files are owned by the SFTP user. > >>> > >>> Any Ideas? > >> No ideas but a question. What is sftp good for? I mean what does it have > >> over say... scp? > > > > You can use your favourite FTP client, right?! > As opposed to just typing scp? I still don't get it...
Yes. Some clients (by coincidence my favourite ones) like yafc, lftp and SpeedCommander do sftp. Lftp even does fish (which I think is "pure" scp/ssh). Thorsten -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/