[8013] in Athena Bugs
vax 7.2R: rcp
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Horowitz)
Thu Aug 22 20:31:15 1991
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 91 20:31:35 EDT
From: Marc Horowitz <marc@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
System name: w20-575-96
Type and version: CVAXSTAR 7.2R
Display type: SM
What were you trying to do?
rcp a file
What's wrong:
Apparently, something in rcp passes the filename to a shell running
not as a tty, so # chars are treated as comments. For example:
% rcp beeblebrox:/usr/tmp/#8888.@afs@athena.mit.edu@user@m@marc@Mail@draft# /tmp/draft
rcp: /usr/tmp/: not a plain file
Exit 1
I can get around this like this:
% rcp beeblebrox:/usr/tmp/\\#8888.@afs@athena.mit.edu@user@m@marc@Mail@draft\\# /tmp/draft
What should have happened:
I shouldn't have to quote a remote filename any differently
from a local one.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
