is rcp reliable

[Bert Moos]

dear aix gurus,
i'm on the way to copy big amounts of data from an aix 4.3.3 to an 5.2 box
with rcp. i use

rcp -p -r /source_dir/. host2:/target_dir/.

i've to copy hundreds of subdirectories and filenames and directorynames
with special characters. do i have to expect any problems ?

thanx alot

bert

[Nick H (UK)]

Bert Moos wrote:

> dear aix gurus,
> i'm on the way to copy big amounts of data from an aix 4.3.3 to an 5.2 box
> with rcp. i use
>
> rcp -p -r /source_dir/. host2:/target_dir/.
>
> i've to copy hundreds of subdirectories and filenames and directorynames
> with special characters. do i have to expect any problems ?
>
> thanx alot
>
> bert
>
>

In my limited experience I have not found rcp to be very efficient for
this kind of work. I prefer to use a combination of rsh and tar.
Others may find otherwise. Suggest you do some timed trials before the
real thing.

Nick H