Post #2806617

2026-05-02 22:23 UTC

@bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org Using ln is like plugging in an old USB cable for me. It doesn't work the first time, the second time or the third time.... I always mess up -p and -P when I'm using scp as well. Why is it different between ssh and scp??

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@bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org 2026-05-02 22:42

@carmenlisandrette@mastodon.social re: ssh/scp w/ the -p and -P. Oh, geez, yeah! 😠 I *quit* using `scp` *entirely* at least 20 years ago. Since then, I just always use `rsync` (with `-e ssh ` when needed) even when `scp` would do just fine for the purpose. & I do that *precisely* because of `scp`'s -P/-p mess! re: USB cable: I don't mind that when 2x works. However, some ports that I regularly plug/unplug require a bit too much pressure even when properly oriented, then I do need 3+x retries & 😡.

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