Circa 2001-Mar-27 01:35:17 +0200 dixit Markus Friedl: : this is because scp just calls ssh, and scp does not return : the exit-code from ssh. should it? Yes, it probably ought to. How would doing so affect scp when running on the remote end? -- jim knoble | jmknoble at jmknoble.cx | http://www.jmknoble.cx/