>Number:         31107
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       scp can't handle remote file names with '(' in them
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Aug 31 09:20:00 +0000 2005
>Originator:     Dieter Baron
>Release:        NetBSD 2.0.2
>Environment:
	
	
System: NetBSD wintermute 2.0.2 NetBSD 2.0.2 (WINTERMUTE) #0: Mon May 16 12:15:09 MEST 2005 root@wintermute:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/WINTERMUTE i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
Trying to copy a file with '(' in it's name from a remote host fails:
	$ scp gateway:\(* .
	bash: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
	bash: -c: line 0: `scp -f (*'

quoting the '\' helps:
	$ scp gateway:\\\(* .
	(foo)                                26%  712KB  29.3KB/s   01:06 ETA
but this should not be necessary (and is not documented as required either).

>How-To-Repeat:
	scp localhost:\(* .
>Fix:
	correctly quote the file name passed to scp on the remote end.

>Unformatted: