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Old 11-06-2013
Scp, problem, .bashrc
I have a problem with SCP, trying to use this solution in .bashrc:

Code:
 scp printed an error message: "Write failed flushing stdout buffer. write stdout: Broken pipe." or "packet too long".    
Your shell startup file (e.g., ~/.cshrc, ~/.bashrc), which is run when scp connects, might be writing a message on standard output. 
These interfere with the communication between the two scp1 programs (or scp2 and sftp-server). 
If you don't see any obvious output commands, look for stty or tset commands that might be printing something.    
Either remove the offending statement from the startup file or suppress it for noninteractive sessions:
if ($?prompt) then  
 echo 'Here is the message that screws up scp.'
endif
The latest versions of SSH2 have a new server configuration statement, AllowCshrcSourcingWithSubsystems, 
which should be set to no to prevent this problem.

however, it says '-bash: 0prompt: command not found'.
how to fix it?
thanks.
Last edited by orange47; 11-06-2013 at 04:40 AM.. Reason: err
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Old 11-06-2013
That is csh syntax, not bash syntax.

Don't blindly copy code into your ~/.bashrc, that would not have fixed the problem even if it was the right code -- just look at your ~/.bashrc, see if it is printing something on login.
Last edited by Corona688; 11-06-2013 at 11:35 AM..
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Old 11-06-2013
If there is something in your .bashrc file that needs to print something you can use the shopt command to allow it to print and still allow the scp command to function correctly:

Wrap whatever is printing a message like so:
Code:
if shopt -q login_shell; then
    <whatever is printing message>
fi

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# 4  
Old 11-07-2013
thanks, that shopt worked great for scp.
( btw, I had also tried ''if [ -z $PS1 ]" without success )
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