Re: How do I scp extremely large files

From:
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:12:53 -0500
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<4f31a1e7$0$294$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>
On 2/6/2012 3:54 PM, Mike wrote:

On Feb 6, 2:54 am, Robert Klemme<shortcut...@googlemail.com> wrote:

I am not sure I understand your question properly. Any Java library
which implements sftp or scp's protocols will have a means to copy
remote files or at least open remote files and obtain an InputStream
or Channel, from which you can read in chunks and store data locally.

If you need to do the transfer on a regularly basis maybe rsync is
better than cooking your own version of it.


Thanks for the response Robert. rsync is not an option. I cannot use
any outside software, open-source or otherwise. I believe you stated

 > just what I need to do... obtain a channel to read chunks from and
 > store locally. I'm just a little fuzzy on the details. Haven't done
 > much with channels or inputStreams for that matter.

scp and sftp are non trivial to implement.

If reading chunks is a problem, then you will not be
able to implement them.

You need to get whoever made that rule give you
permission to use a library that support one of
those protocols.

Arne

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