You can also run Net::SFTP::Foreign on top of Net::SSH2 using Net::SFTP::Foreign::Backend::Net_SSH2.
salva, what are the advantages of doing that - as opposed to simply using Net::SSH2 ?
I'm thinking that if it's using Net::SSH2 then Net::SFTP::Foreign::Backend::Net_SSH2 is not going to provide any performance boost ... therefore, maybe it provides some advantages when it comes to writing the code ?
Does it, for example, simplify the coding of an sftp_put() ?
Cheers,
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I'm thinking that if it's using Net::SSH2 then Net::SFTP::Foreign::Backend::Net_SSH2 is not going to provide any performance boost
Actually it is!
Net::SSH2 support for SFTP (Net::SSH2::SFTP) is very basic and implementing efficient file transfer operations on top of it is far from trivial.
Besides that, Net::SFTP::Foreign provides a bunch of high level methods such as find, glob, mput, rput, etc.
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Just installed Net::SFTP::Foreign::Backend::Net_SSH2 and gave it a try. Couldn't detect any improved performance for a "put" of an 8Mb file over a local connection - but the coding is so much simpler (no need to come up with my own "put" subroutine), and it's far more flexible than Net::SSH2.
Nice work, salva. I'll certainly be making good use of this module from now on.
Cheers,
Rob
Update: The sftp transfer of that file takes about 30 seconds. I've just checked the time it takes to scp_put() the same file and it's only about 4 seconds !!
Is that time disparity to be expected ?
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salva,
The client I had kludged a working solution for asked for yet another feature. Instead of shoehorning it in, I tried your suggestion of Net::SFTP::Foreign::Backend::Net_SSH2. I will now be using this as my SFTP solution for Windows boxes in the future - thank you!
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