Re: scp problem

On 3/1/06 5:20, in article 1h8lmf7.j9x5y9iwmwfeN%nigel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Nigel Coke-Woods" <nigel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Chris Ridd <chrisridd@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I'm not dead sure how scp works, but I've observed that I am unable to
>> scp *to* a box which doesn't have an scp binary even though I can ssh to
>> it.
>>
>> So check your remote machine has scp, and it is in your PATH on the
>> remote machine.
>>
>> If it doesn't work, try doing it all with ssh:
>>
>> cat mybigfile | ssh me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx "cat > mybigfile"
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Chris
>
> That's a helpful workaround. Both computers are running Tiger so SCP is
> on both.

Good-o. But it shouldn't be needed!

What differences are there in the output from "scp -v" going to the working
machine and the weird machine?

Cheers,

Chris

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