Re: scp problem

Chris Ridd <chrisridd@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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

Both run right through to "Exit status 0" but then the weird one doesn't
return to the prompt, just hangs until I give it a ctrl-c

Nigel
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