From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <zsh-users-return-9897-mason-zsh=primenet.com.au@sunsite.dk>
Received: (qmail 27688 invoked from network); 9 Feb 2006 21:03:30 -0000
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on f.primenet.com.au
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,
	FORGED_RCVD_HELO,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=ham version=3.1.0
Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88)
  by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 9 Feb 2006 21:03:30 -0000
Received: (qmail 8956 invoked from network); 9 Feb 2006 21:03:23 -0000
Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90)
  by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 9 Feb 2006 21:03:23 -0000
Received: (qmail 15119 invoked by alias); 9 Feb 2006 21:03:15 -0000
Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
X-No-Archive: yes
X-Seq: 9897
Received: (qmail 15108 invoked from network); 9 Feb 2006 21:03:14 -0000
Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88)
  by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 9 Feb 2006 21:03:14 -0000
Received: (qmail 7819 invoked from network); 9 Feb 2006 21:03:14 -0000
Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (64.233.184.194)
  by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 9 Feb 2006 21:03:13 -0000
Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i3so393029wra
        for <zsh-users@sunsite.dk>; Thu, 09 Feb 2006 13:03:11 -0800 (PST)
DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws;
        s=beta; d=gmail.com;
        h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type;
        b=ksEprTnxiAyyCUIeEqlJhAumekkL3TTrdT3xdvccWcVOx2XJJnDWd2b+rHzpK9C/5UjY/Yxh9IDZi7mrb/0ZpXKfSf7IJ5pCcJnJjzD4DzG7L0VDQjAhgKlNwVeD5N7QR1YmvHH87q9nNtW6zC7akA8frWtNMH5oa1kNB9sRhmM=
Received: by 10.54.147.1 with SMTP id u1mr1947046wrd;
        Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:58:47 -0800 (PST)
Received: by 10.54.79.14 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 12:58:46 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <7c737f300602091258o49d1902cke43c6d7219db125e@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 12:58:46 -0800
From: Deliverable Mail <deliverable@gmail.com>
To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk
Subject: colons in names to scp
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; 
	boundary="----=_Part_4042_27339872.1139518726885"

------=_Part_4042_27339872.1139518726885
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: inline

I need to copy files via scp from a zsh script.  Say, $1 holds a file name
containing ':'.  When I do

scp $1 $host:$dir

I get an error from scp, treating the prefix of $1 before : as a source hos=
t
name.  What's the right way to quote it -- '$1' would preclude interpolatio=
n
of $1, which is exactly why $1 is used in the first place..

Cheers,
Alexy.

------=_Part_4042_27339872.1139518726885
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: inline

<div>I need to copy files via scp from a zsh script.&nbsp; Say, $1 holds a =
file name containing ':'.&nbsp; When I do</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>scp $1 $host:$dir</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>I get an error from scp, treating the prefix of $1 before : as a sourc=
e host name.&nbsp; What's the right way to quote it -- '$1' would preclude =
interpolation of $1, which is exactly why $1 is used in the first place..</=
div>

<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Cheers,</div>
<div>Alexy.</div>

------=_Part_4042_27339872.1139518726885--