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		tantalor on Jan 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My ISP Is Killing My Idle SSH Sessions Yes it would because the file transfer would continue inside the screen session instead of dying with the ssh session.

monocasa on Jan 12, 2021 [–]

I think they meant they were using scp to transfer files from the remote computer to the local one.

tantalor on Jan 12, 2021 | [–]

That wouldn't be an "Idle SSH Session".

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