i've always wondered about this... if i have a bunch of files on a remote host beginning with "backup", i can copy them to the local host using:
scp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:backup* . and it works. but why? doesn't the shell get to "*" first? i'd understand this working: scp '[EMAIL PROTECTED]:backup*' . but why does scp see the asterisk in the unquoted version? pete -- GPG Instructions: http://www.dirac.org/linux/gpg GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
