Using *both* quotes and escaping make it work
e.g.: scp sonamc@websvr2:"/nethome/sonamc/test\:2" /tmp
will copy a file called "test:2"
Regards,
Sonam
Rick Welykochy wrote:
>
> Any idea on how to specify a source file as used in an
> scp or rcp command, where the source filename contains
> a colon?
>
> Here is an example that fails:
>
> [rickw] scp log_20001030-08:41:23 rickw@bini/home/rickw
>
> Bad host name: log_20001030-08
>
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