Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
Hello,
I seem to be having some difficulty using scp and rsync with the most
basic commands giving me problems:
$ scp kvh1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:FN* .
usage: scp [-1246BCpqrv] [-c cipher] [-F ssh_config] [-i identity_file]
[-l limit] [-o ssh_option] [-P port] [-S program]
[[user@]host1:]file1 [...] [[user@]host2:]file2
$ rsync kvh1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:FN* .
rsync version 2.6.6 protocol version 29
...
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(897)
However, both commands (listed below) work fine:
$ scp t* kvh1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
$ rsync t* kvh1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
What is going on to cause the incorrect syntax in attempting to retrieve
files from the remote host?
I don't use rsync here so focused on scp.
After verifying that I could use similar syntax here on my LAN with no
errors, I went ahead and tried what you have above:
autovcr@firefly:~$ scp kvh1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:FN* .
The authenticity of host 'godzilla.acpub.duke.edu (152.3.233.25)' can't
be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 04:53:67:16:20:e4:61:88:61:a8:25:f0:ff:54:7a:73.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? no
Host key verification failed.
In other words, it worked fine for me. That's using OpenSSH 1:4.3p2-3
from Debian-Sid, from bash on a vt.
So I'd suspect one of three things:
1. a non-printing character in the command string. Likely only if you
didn't actually retype the "kvh1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:FN* ." part
between the two tries.
2. a problem with your shell.
3. You are using a non-standard ssh/scp program. Unlikely, since the
error response matches exactly.
Some programs fail if wildcards expand ambiguously in the pwd (find is
notorious for that, as an example), but I tested that here and scp
doesn't do that.
Sorry I can't offer more help.
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