Re: How do I sz/rz under an ssh connection?

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Thu, January 21, 1999 at 00:36:20 (-0800), Joe Rhett wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: How do I sz/rz under an ssh connection?
>
> Really simple reason, regardless of double-compression and whatever. Let's
> say I have 5 files named file1-file5 on a remote system that I am currently
> SSHed in to.
> 
> [ SSH Model ]
> remote% ls
> file1 file3   file5
> file2 file4 
> remote% exit
> logout
> 
> local% scp remote:file1 .
> password: .....
> local% scp remote:file2 .
> password: .....
> local% scp remote:file3 .
> password: .....
> local% scp remote:file4 .
> password: .....
> local% scp remote:file5 .
> password: .....
> 
> [-- Don't forget that 'scp remote:file* .' doesn't work... --]

But it *DOES* work!!!!!  (if you simply quote the first argument)

> local% ssh remote
> 
> [ SZ Model ]
> remote% sz file[1-5]
> remote%

If you're going to do that then why not just do:

        local % slogin remote
        password: XXXXXXXXX
        #
        # do some other stuff...
        #
        remote % scp file[1-5] local:
        password: YYYYYYYYY

???????

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                                                        Greg A. Woods

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