Re: scp protocol error on multiple file copy?

["John D. Baker" <jdbaker%consolidated.net@localhost>]

On Wed, 30 Oct 2019, John D. Baker wrote:

> One machine can't use this due to network load, but in the past, I
> used a command line like:
> 
>   $ scp -p buildhost:"/path/to/sets/[bem]* /path/to/sets/text.tgz /path/to/kernel/netbsd-CUSTOM.gz" .

A single path with glob characters:

  $ scp -p buildhost:/path/to/sets/[bem]* .

works.  A compound path:

  $ scp -p buildhost:"/path/to/sets/text.tgz /path/to/kernel/netbsd-CUSTOM.gz" .

fails with:

  protocol error: filename does not match request

Multiple sources each prefixed with the source host:

  $ scp -p buildhost:/path/to/sets/text.tgz buildhost:/path/to/kernel/netbsd-CUSTOM.gz .

works, but prompts for the source host's user's password each time.


Anyone else run into this?

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