[X-Unix] is there something wrong with Jaguar scp ?

[Norman Cohen]

Can you provide a listing of the directory you are trying to copy? It  
sounds like scp is following a link that is pointing back to your  
directory and thus you enter a loop.

Norm
Norman Cohen
nacohen at mac.com

"Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory."
Albert Schweitzer
On May 18, 2004, at 6:23 PM, luke wrote:

> i attempted to do a:
>
> scp -r /local_directory  name at 192.168.0.2:/remote_directory
>
>
> and it starts working... BUT
>
> it seems to infinitely LOOP in the first directory with files that it  
> encounters...  like this...
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ----------------
>
> [TiBook:~] dude% scp -r /xgrid_work dude at 192.168.0.2:/xgrid_work
> dude at 192.168.0.2's password:
>
> .DS_Store            100% |*****************************|  6148        
> 00:00
> .DS_Store            100% |*****************************|  6148        
> 00:00
> workspace.mel        100% |*****************************|   902        
> 00:00
> .DS_Store            100% |*****************************|  6148        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.1     100% |*****************************| 65868        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.10    100% |*****************************| 63592        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.100   100% |*****************************| 47052        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.101   100% |*****************************| 46972        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.102   100% |*****************************| 46936        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.103   100% |*****************************| 46912        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.104   100% |*****************************| 46684        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.105   100% |*****************************| 46600        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.106   100% |*****************************| 46524        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.107   100% |*****************************| 46364        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.2     100% |*****************************| 65764        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.3     100% |*****************************| 65480        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.mb        100% |*****************************|   100 KB     
> 00:00
> workspace.mel        100% |*****************************|  1130        
> 00:00
> .DS_Store            100% |*****************************|  6148        
> 00:00
> workspace.mel        100% |*****************************|   902        
> 00:00
> .DS_Store            100% |*****************************|  6148        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.1     100% |*****************************| 65868        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.10    100% |*****************************| 63592        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.100   100% |*****************************| 47052        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.101   100% |*****************************| 46972        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.102   100% |*****************************| 46936        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.103   100% |*****************************| 46912        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.104   100% |*****************************| 46684        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.105   100% |*****************************| 46600        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.106   100% |*****************************| 46524        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.107   100% |*****************************| 46364        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.2     100% |*****************************| 65764        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.3     100% |*****************************| 65480        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.mb        100% |*****************************|   100 KB     
> 00:00
> workspace.mel        100% |*****************************|  1130        
> 00:00
> .DS_Store            100% |*****************************|  6148        
> 00:00
> workspace.mel        100% |*****************************|   902        
> 00:00
> .DS_Store            100% |*****************************|  6148        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.1     100% |*****************************| 65868        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.10    100% |*****************************| 63592        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.100   100% |*****************************| 47052        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.101   100% |*****************************| 46972        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.102   100% |*****************************| 46936        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.103   100% |*****************************| 46912        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.104   100% |*****************************| 46684        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.105   100% |*****************************| 46600        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.106   100% |*****************************| 46524        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.107   100% |*****************************| 46364        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.2     100% |*****************************| 65764        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.3     100% |*****************************| 65480        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.mb        100% |*****************************|   100 KB     
> 00:00
> workspace.mel        100% |*****************************|  1130        
> 00:00
> .DS_Store            100% |*****************************|  6148        
> 00:00
> workspace.mel        100% |*****************************|   902        
> 00:00
> .DS_Store            100% |*****************************|  6148        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.1     100% |*****************************| 65868        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.10    100% |*****************************| 63592        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.100   100% |*****************************| 47052        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.101   100% |*****************************| 46972        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.102   100% |*****************************| 46936        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.103   100% |*****************************| 46912        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.104   100% |*****************************| 46684        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.105   100% |*****************************| 46600        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.106   100% |*****************************| 46524        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.107   100% |*****************************| 46364        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.2     100% |*****************************| 65764        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.iff.3     100% |*****************************| 65480        
> 00:00
> xgrid_test.mb        100% |*****************************|   100 KB     
> 00:00
> workspace.mel        100% |*****************************|  1130        
> 00:00
> .DS_Store            100% |*****************************|  6148        
> 00:00
> workspace.mel        100% |*****************************|   902        
> 00:00
> .DS_Store            100% |*****************************|  6148        
> 00:00
> ^CKilled by signal 2.
>
> [TiBook:~] dude%
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> -------
>
> wtf?