From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2337 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2004 17:09:36 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 23 Jul 2004 17:09:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 79904 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2004 17:09:29 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 23 Jul 2004 17:09:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 25373 invoked by alias); 23 Jul 2004 17:07:07 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 7738 Received: (qmail 25352 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2004 17:07:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by 130.225.247.90 with SMTP; 23 Jul 2004 17:07:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 74676 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2004 17:05:16 -0000 Received: from lhuumrelay3.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net (62.189.58.19) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 23 Jul 2004 17:05:13 -0000 Received: from MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com (mailhost1.csr.com [62.189.183.235]) by lhuumrelay3.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id i6NH5Cv26278 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:05:12 GMT Received: from EXCHANGE02.csr.com (unverified [192.168.137.45]) by MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.12) with ESMTP id for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:04:29 +0100 Received: from news01.csr.com ([192.168.143.38]) by EXCHANGE02.csr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:06:52 +0100 Received: from news01.csr.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by news01.csr.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6NH57ea007593 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:05:08 +0100 Received: from csr.com (pws@localhost) by news01.csr.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) with ESMTP id i6NH57hG007590 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:05:07 +0100 Message-Id: <200407231705.i6NH57hG007590@news01.csr.com> X-Authentication-Warning: news01.csr.com: pws owned process doing -bs To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: scp and globbing in zsh In-reply-to: "matt m"'s message of "Fri, 23 Jul 2004 12:48:35 EDT." <23e98abb04072309486560f63e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:05:06 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Jul 2004 17:06:52.0877 (UTC) FILETIME=[7359EFD0:01C470D7] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.2 required=6.0 tests=EXCUSE_16 autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Hits: 0.2 matt m wrote: > $ scp someserver:~/tmp/*.txt . > $ scp *.txt someserver:~/tmp/ > > The first one fails with globbing because it seems to be looking for > ~/tmp/*.txt on my local machine instead of the remote machine but the > second command works fine. Zsh is set by default to report an error when any pattern match fails. You probably want to pass through any unrecognised patterns to the command. You can do that with: setopt nonomatch -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************