>> I'm using libssh2 on Solaris to retrieve files via sftp from a
>> telecommunications network element that has (adapted) OpenSSH code
>> embedded in it. As far as I know, I can't use scp with this device.
>> Also, my requirements explictly force me to use sftp.
Also, SCP supports only get/put functionality, where as SFTP provides
much richer interface with moving, deletion, listing of files and so on.
>> Faster sftp would be a good thing but so far my tests indicate that
>> libssh2 is fast enough for my purposes, although it eats lots of CPU
>> cycles when I'm getting several large files simultaneously
>> in separate threads.
I have come across cases where our customers need to transfer thousands
of gigabytes of data during one day across their networks. In these
cases we've had to switch to command line SCP and SFTP in order to meet
their performance requirements.
/jUSSi
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