From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@...>
Date: 2004-07-26T06:54:28+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Net::SSH 0.0.4 "Happy Birthday To Me"

> Net::SSH is a pure Ruby implementation of the SSH2 client protocol.

I'd like to note that Net::SSH also implements SFTP, which didn't occur 
to me until just now! Jamis tells me that while the implementation 
isn't yet complete, it's very functional, and in 0.0.4 he just added 
support for renaming and deleting files over SFTP.

This is quite a big deal for anyone looking to script file transfers 
between servers. It was the lack of SFTP implementations for Ruby that 
forced Basecamp to stick with FTP-only transfers for its file upload 
service.

Thanks a ton, Jamis. SFTP is already on its way into Basecamp ;)

> Oh, and happy birthday to me. :) I'm 30 today.

Happy birthday, man. May the next thirty be kind ;)
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