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Re: scp fails without a warning.
Wiles, Dale L. (NE <Dale.Wiles <at> gd-ais.com> writes:
>
> I updated cygwin yesterday (10/12/10) and rebooted my Windows XP (SP3) box.
Now, when I use scp from a Red Hat
> 5.5 box to my Windows box, scp quietly fails.
>
> If I run (from Red Hat) "scp uname <at> windowsbox:file .", I'm prompted for
my password. I type it in and then, a
> moment later, scp exits. No data gets transferred and there is no error
messages. If I type in a garbage file
> name, I get the same results. There is no error message.
>
> If I run "sftp uname <at> windowsbox:file ." I'm prompted for my password and
the file transfers normally.
> Unfortunately I need a recursive copy.
>
> I can also ssh into my windows box with no problem.
>
> /var/log/sshd.log exists, but is empty.
>
At least, could you check scp's exit code?
$ scp ....
$ echo $?
If it's nonzero, you could produce the error message yourself:
$ scp ... || echo "scp failed"
Not that it fixes scp... :-(
Does MidnightCommander's Shell-link panel fail too?
Best regards
Gergely
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