> Subject: scp of sysfs file repeats data > > I tried doing scp of a sysfs attribute. I found that it duplicated the data, > as > well as adding extra NUL bytes. E.g.: > > # scp /sys/class/net/eth0/address localhost: > # cat ~/address > d0:39:72:53:ef:0e > d0:39:72:53:ef:0e > # hexdump -C ~/address > 00000000 64 30 3a 33 39 3a 37 32 3a 35 33 3a 65 66 3a 30 |d0:39:72:53:ef:0| > 00000010 65 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |e...............| > 00000020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| > * > 00000800 64 30 3a 33 39 3a 37 32 3a 35 33 3a 65 66 3a 30 |d0:39:72:53:ef:0| > 00000810 65 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |e...............| > 00000820 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| > * > 00001000 > > Does that seem normal?
By the way, this is on a BeagleBone Black-based (ARM Cortex) Linux system built with Yocto dizzy.
