On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 16:07:13 -0700, Jack J. Woehr wrote: > >> What can you cite for your notion of "the original design" >The -r switch for copying whole directory structures. > >Whereas ftp/sftp has always had the binary/text dichotomy, scp has never had >such a switch. > >Ergo, it's designed for binary transfer. > Did you read the article about Goodman?
At least the default for ftp has always been to convert from the character set of the originating system to that of the receiving system. Scp is merely agreeing with the default behavior of ftp. Use sftp. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
