Re^3: SFTP on Windows

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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Re^4: SFTP on Windows by syphilis (Archbishop) on Nov 02, 2010 at 03:57 UTC
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 ?	[reply]
Re^5: SFTP on Windows by salva (Canon) on Nov 02, 2010 at 11:15 UTC
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 ? No, Net::SFTP::Foreign `put` and `get` should be as fast as the `scp` alternatives. It seems you have found a bug... Update: There was a bug! A new version of the module is replicating through the CPAN.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: SFTP on Windows by syphilis (Archbishop) on Nov 02, 2010 at 23:31 UTC
A new version of the module is replicating through the CPAN Yes, that fixes it! The sftp `put` is now as fast as the scp `put`. Thanks. Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l] [select]