On 26 April 2011 09:11, Michael Wood <esiotrot_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On 26 April 2011 02:30, aiooua <aiooua_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> hello,
>> I'm uploading a big bunch of files to an sftp server using libcurl. Can
>> someone point me to a sample or general guideline on how multiple FTP
>> uploads can be performed for a single sftp login? Essentially, I'm hoping to
>> improve performance by saving on the time taken to authenticate the client
>> and batch multiple uploads per authentication.
>> thanks a lot for your time in advance.
>
> It's not clear whether you're talking about FTP over SSL or sftp (the
> protocol for transferring files over SSH that has a command line
> client similar to an FTP client.)
>
> Either way, I don't think there's a way to have one control connection
> with FTP and multiple data connections.  With sftp maybe "master mode"
> will do what you want.  But I suspect you are talking about FTP and
> not sftp.

Sorry, to clarify: "master mode" is something supported by OpenSSH.
I don't know if libssh2 and therefore libcurl support it, though.

-- 
Michael Wood <esiotrot_at_gmail.com>
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