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Thanks for the quick response.
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Tried it with a different file, logged in as root this time and this should have taken care of points a through c below but got the exact same input/output error. Any other ideas?
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On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 11:30, Robert Dege wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> "scp -v peter@ns1:Sent* /home/peter"</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> This said that the file was transferred 100% but then gives me the</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> input/output error and does not transfer the file. I am under the</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> believe that the above command is saying to transfer the file "Sent*" on</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> ns1 (logged into with ssh) and authenticates the user peter (which it</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> does), then will copy that file to my local /home/peter.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Any ideas?</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>well, a few things to consider:</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>a) use the absolute path instead of just 'Sent*'</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>b) `df -k` to make sure that /home/peter has the space to hold the files</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>c) permissions. Do you have write permissions on /home/peter ?</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>In other words, the I/O error might be outside the scope of scp.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Dege</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>.... If They Weren't Happening To Me</FONT></FONT></I>
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