Roberto, There's nothing in the sftp man page. My preference is to use rsync if you want to retain permissions. Use the -o and -g flags, or, -a but be aware that -a will perform a recursive sync if it finds a directory. Just check out the man page.
Tim On Mar 11, 2011, at 7:10 AM, Roberto wrote: > Hi, > > when making a sftp file transfer, overwriting an existing file, is there any > way to preserve the permissions of the file? So, if the file had permissions > like 664, to preserve them instead of overwriting them with any other > permission. > > Thank you, > > Roberto > > PS: System setup: server is running OpenSSH 5.1p1, from Debian packages, > clients are running windows versions of sftp > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------- > Marcos Roberto Greiner > > Os otimistas acham que estamos no melhor dos mundos > Os pessimistas tem medo de que isto seja verdade > James Branch Cabell > ----------------------------------------------------- >