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Re:File Transfer with SSH, Tee, and Base64 by fulafel on Thursday September 17, 2020 @11:47AM (#24506069)
Your link doesn't say it's deprecated...

the sftp command has lousy ux, it's unlikely people will switch to it en masse.

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Re:File Transfer with SSH, Tee, and Base64 by Fnoord on Thursday September 17, 2020 @12:09PM (#24506396)
> The scp protocol is outdated, inflexible and not readily fixed. We recommend the use of more modern protocols like sftp and rsync for file transfer instead. [1]

> From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]:

> deprecated adj.

> Said of a program or feature that is considered obsolescent and in the process of being phased out, usually in favor of a specified replacement. [..]

[1] https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-8.0

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Re:File Transfer with SSH, Tee, and Base64 by fulafel on Thursday September 17, 2020 @12:36PM (#24506773)
But your cited definition agrees with me? It's not being phased out, hence not being deprecated.
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Re:File Transfer with SSH, Tee, and Base64 by V6HBGNQHU on Thursday September 17, 2020 @01:04PM (#24507139)
> The scp protocol is outdated, inflexible and not readily fixed. We recommend the use of more modern protocols like sftp and rsync for file transfer instead.
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Re:File Transfer with SSH, Tee, and Base64 by fulafel on Thursday September 17, 2020 @02:05PM (#24507911)
I'm not sure what the misunderstanding is here.. The above text says there are better protocols and recommends their use over scp, but doesn't say scp is being phased out or discontinued in the future.

On *ix things stay around for pretty long. You still have ed and ftp on Ubuntu 20.04!

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Re:File Transfer with SSH, Tee, and Base64 by xorcist on Thursday September 17, 2020 @01:09PM (#24507189)
rsync has pretty much identical ux to scp and is actively maintained.
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