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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 17:34:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To: teodoro DOT merlini AT tin DOT it
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Re: date/time preserving in file transfer
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Teodoro,

The Reply-To: field is intended to direct the replies at that address
instead of the From: address.  In my email it was (and is now) set to the
cygwin list.  Please kindly keep your replies there.  If your mailer
ignores the Reply-To: field, then maybe it's time to switch to a new
mailer.

To answer your query, no, it's not very much clearer to me (although
someone else on the list may be of help, which is why it's good to keep
these sorts of discussions on-list.

I could venture a guess that 'SSH Secure File Transfer' means sftp, and
that you're using two different servers on the two machines.  In this
case, it seems that you have some differences in the configurations of the
two ssh servers.

Why not try using 'scp', which is the secure equivalent of the Unix 'cp'
command?  It uses the same options, in particular, the '-p' option which
preserves dates and times of the transfered files.  If 'scp' is not able
to do what you need, then you probably have some serious problems with the
sshd configuration, which others on this list might be able to help you
solve.  If scp is able to preserve dates and times, then you simply need
to find what part of the default configuration for sshd is responsible for
that, and change it accordingly.

To reiterate, please keep your replies on the list.  This allows other
people to join the discussion and offer useful opinions.  There is also no
need to Cc: me, as I'll get all the messages going to the list anyway.

Good luck,
	Igor

On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Teodoro Merlini wrote:

> My kind Igor Pechtchanski,
>    no, I'm not copying using 'scp', instead I feel comfortable working as a
> client from Windows with 'SSH Secure File Transfer' by SSH Communications
> Security Corp.. Now, I'm communicating from my house with two computers as
> servers, both running Windows2000.  The one with 'Cygwin sshd' running does
> not preserve date/time in a file copy towards the server. The other
> (Windows2000Server) running 'SSH Secure Shell for Windows Servers' does
> preserve the date/time. Both preserve date/time in a file transfer from the
> server to my PC. I hope the question be now clear.
>
> Thanks again for your help
>
> T. Merlini
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Igor Pechtchanski" <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
> To: <teodoro DOT merlini AT tin DOT it>
> Cc: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 4:06 AM
> Subject: Re: date/time preserving in file transfer
>
>
> > On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Teodoro Merlini wrote:
> >
> > > I'm asking you if it would be possible to preserve the file date/time during
> > > uploads on a WindowsNT/2000 platform with Cygwin sshd running. If not, it
> > > would be a very appreciated improvement for a future version to make it
> > > possible.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help
> > > T. Merlini
> > > teodoro DOT merlini AT tin DOT it
> >
> > Teodoro,
> >
> > What do you mean by "uploads"?  If you mean copying using 'scp', then look
> > at the scp man page, in particular the '-p' option.  Otherwise, you'll
> > have to ask a more specific question.
> > Igor

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