Re: scp protocol error on multiple file copy?

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

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

> used a command line like:
> 
>   $ scp -p buildhost:"/path/to/sets/[bem]* /path/to/sets/text.tgz /path/to/kernel/netbsd-CUSTOM.gz" .
> 
> to copy relevant sets and kernel to the machine's local disk.
> 
> Today when I tried my usual procedure to update this host, I instead got:
> 
>   protocol error: filename does not match request

I added the "-T" switch (disable strict filename checking) and that made
it work.

I'll need to check, but as I use 'ksh' as login shell it would be nice
if ksh/bash filename-generation [ !(), @(), etc. ] could be used.  Maybe
it's only available in interactive shells?

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