On 2005-12-28 07:29:31 +0000 (Wed, Dec), Mick wrote: > Blast, spoke too soon. When I tried to scp over the tar of the /var/tmp > partition it failed: > =============================== > debug1: Sending command: scp -v -p -f /mnt/sda14/sda5_var.tmp > debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype exit-status reply 0 > Sink: scp: /mnt/sda14/sda5_var.tmp: not a regular file > scp: /mnt/sda14/sda5_var.tmp: not a regular file > debug1: channel 0: free: client-session, nchannels 1 > debug1: fd 0 clearing O_NONBLOCK > debug1: fd 1 clearing O_NONBLOCK > debug1: Transferred: stdin 0, stdout 0, stderr 0 bytes in 3.1 seconds > debug1: Bytes per second: stdin 0.0, stdout 0.0, stderr 0.0 > debug1: Exit status 1 > =============================== > > What does "not a regular file" mean? :=@
Do an 'ls -l /mnt/sda14/sda5_var.tmp and the first character on the left will tell you what kind of file is this. Not a regular file may mean: - 'l' = symbolic link - 'd' = directory - 'p' = pipe (fifo) - 'b' = block device - 'c' = character device ...i hope I didn't miss any? See 'man ls' in Posix section: man -S 1p ls -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by 'grep -i virus $MESSAGE' Trust me.
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