I am looking for any command which is faster than scp to transfer files, security is not a concern here.
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I am looking for any command which is faster than scp to transfer files, security is not a concern here.
rsync
– JJoao Sep 20 '17 at 09:57rcp
(if not just a link toscp
nowadays), but it depends on whether it is faster. Is encryption is the bottleneck (unlikely) or network speed (did you usescp -C
)? – Philippos Sep 20 '17 at 10:19scp
many files, tryrsync
, if it is a big file, it is not certainrcp
will be faster. – Archemar Sep 20 '17 at 10:55ssh
first came around,rsh
was much faster (on the old Sun SPARCstations that we were using). Likewise for the*cp
variants. I haven't really usedrcp
since the 90's though, so I don't know what the current state of affairs is. I don't even haversh
/rcp
on my current system any longer. – Kusalananda Sep 20 '17 at 11:03rsh
as a "temporary" tool that was supposed to be replaced in later versions of BSD. In talks, he has also mentionedrsh
as a "mistake" :-) – Kusalananda Sep 20 '17 at 11:11