> It seems that your shell profile executes stty(1) even > for non-interactive shells. That is wrong. Make sure > that you shell profiles and rc files do not call stty > or produce any output for non-interactive sessions. > Such output confuses scp.
So obvious! The offender: .login stty erase This was a carry over from ages ago when my chosen terminal s/w didn't support the backspace mapping. Thank you and I will bear the pointy hat proudly! -- Tony Holmes Ph: (416) 993-1219 Founder and Senior Systems Architect Crosswinds Internet Communications Inc. _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"