Corinna Vinschen wrote in news:20111011100850.ga27...@calimero.vinschen.de:
>> >> >> drat I meant scp > > Doesn't matter, it's a PEBKAC. The *local* shell tries to expand the * > since you gforgot to quote. Try > > scp root@111.111.111.111:'/var/html/www/scripts/*.php' . > > > Corinna > Thanks , sorted. (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair) I would rather classify my bungle as "looking for a complicated reason rather than a simple one"!!) -- zzapper http://zzapper.co.uk/ Technical Tips -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple