scp

Robert Dege rdege at cse.Buffalo.EDU
Tue Jun 4 14:40:31 EDT 2002


Well, let's start with a few simpler basics.

Can you correctly ssh to the machine?

Can you scp a single file to /tmp?

can you ftp multiple files to /home/peter (pending ftp daemon)?

-Rob

> I did the absolute path the second time, did the same thing
> On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 12:01, Joe Bielli wrote:
>
>     I would definitely try the absolute path..
>
>
>
>     scp user at host:/home/user/Sent* /home/localuser
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>     works for me
>
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>
>     Joe
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: owner-nflug at nflug.org [mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org] On Behalf
>     Of Cyber Source
>     Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:46 AM
>     To: nflug at nflug.org
>     Subject: Re: scp
>
>
>
>     I have plenty of space too (point b)
>     On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 11:30, Robert Dege wrote:
>
>
>     > "scp -v peter at ns1:Sent* /home/peter"
>     > This said that the file was transferred 100% but then gives me the
>     > input/output error and does not transfer the file. I am under the
>     > believe that the above command is saying to transfer the file "Sent*" on
>     > ns1 (logged into with ssh) and authenticates the user peter (which it
>     > does), then will copy that file to my local /home/peter.
>     > Any ideas?
>
>     well, a few things to consider:
>
>     a) use the absolute path instead of just 'Sent*'
>     b) `df -k` to make sure that /home/peter has the space to hold the files
>     c) permissions.  Do you have write permissions on /home/peter ?
>
>     In other words, the I/O error might be outside the scope of scp.
>
>     Dege
>
>     So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny
>     .... If They Weren't Happening To Me
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Dege

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