darkoperator / darkoperator/Posh-SSH
Get-SCPFile not clearing old file on overwrite
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Description
When overwriting a local file, and the downloaded file is shorter, Get-SCPFile does not remove the old file first.
As a result, the new file file contains the end of the old file.
Eg if the old file is "abcdefghijk" and you download "www", you end up with "wwwdefghijk"
The command I was using was: Get-SCPFile -ComputerName $sddcMgr -Credential $cred -LocalFile '.\Cache\markerfile' -RemoteFile '/home/vcf/markerFile' -force
This was on the SDDC manager markerFile on VCF 4.2.
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Start at the Get-SCPFile command entry point and reproduce the overwrite case described with a shorter remote file and an existing local file. Done means the local file contains only the downloaded content, without trailing bytes from the previous file; the payload does not name a specific implementation file or test.
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- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
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- Stale
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