? rsh/cat vs rcp/ftp over PPP?

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From: Eric arnold
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 21:02

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With PPP, I've noticed that "rsh" ( E.g. 
"rsh remotehost 'cat <filename' >filename", or whatever -- as long as
it is a byte stream) is about twice as fast as "ftp" and "rcp".  Is
there a way around this?  "rcp" and "ftp" are nice facilities,
especially with wrappers like "ftptool".


Thanks,
-Eric
Eric.Arnold@Sun.COM

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Subject: ? rsh/cat vs rcp/ftp over PPP?
Date: 8 Sep 1992 21:02:51 GMT
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