equivalent of ftp put and append in scp

Question

I have a legacy script which I am not able to understand.

The script is to transfer 4 files (2 ebcdic format files and 2 pdf files) in unix to mainframes through ftp.

ebcdic format file 1 is abc.xyz
ebcdic format file 2 is pqr.xyz
pdf file 1 is abc.pdf
pdf file 2 is pqr.pdf
mainframe file name is AM2P.BJCUN.SALCHG

The syntax of the command in the script is as below:

quote site recfm=fb
put /myfiles/abc.xyz AM2P.BJCUN.SALCHG
append /myfiles/abc.pdf AM2P.BJCUN.SALCHG
append /myfiles/pqr.xyz AM2P.BJCUN.SALCHG
append /myfiles/pqr.pdf AM2P.BJCUN.SALCHG

I want to achieve the same thing through SCP.

Could someone please tell what is the equivalent of put and append command of ftp in scp ??

score 30 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 02 '12 at 06:10

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Put is just the normal scp

scp /path/to/source user@host:/path/to/target

Append only works with a little hack (and not with scp directly)

cat source | ssh user@host "cat >> /path/to/target"

answered Apr 02 '12 at 06:10

moodywoody

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You will also have to read up on how to specify a data set name using the path name syntax. – zarchasmpgmr Apr 03 '12 at 05:06
If you need to *resume* the appending (after a network disconnection for example), you may check how many *remote* bytes were already transfered (current remote file size) and then check this answer for `cat`ing after the desired number of skipped byes: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/52820/skip-first-3-bytes-of-a-file – Gabriel Nov 15 '17 at 12:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 21 '19 at 04:29

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scp can not append (ssh can, but it is not always an option). You can copy remote file, append it locally and then put it back.

answered Feb 21 '19 at 04:29

user3132194

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equivalent of ftp put and append in scp

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