[scponly] tilde character

Sven Hoexter sven at timegate.de
Thu Apr 14 14:04:51 EDT 2005


On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 12:43:28PM +0200, Andias wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 09:59:04PM -0700, wby oblyr wrote:
> > scp user at mylinux.server.domain:file1.txt .
> > 
> > is this workaround sufficient?
> 
> Yep, you are right :)
> I should not use tilde character in my case.
> 
> But other things, if there is a file which contains tilde (in extreme
> case), eg:
> 
> $ scp user at mylinux.server.domain:/mnt/fat32/PICT0~86.JPG .
> 
> in this case, whether it is better to add "--disable-restrictive-names" to configure?
IMNSHO it would be better to LART the moron who uses a tilde in a *filename*!

Yes, I prefer radical solutions in some cases. :)

Sven
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