Problem with scp

[boudie]

Have ssh working on my local network, but when I try to
scp files from one machine to the other, it asks for the
password, the file name and transfer speed comes up,
as all zeroes, the file shows up in the desired directory,
but it is always empty.
If it can't write, shouldn't it say so? I've uncommented
port 22 in my /etc/ssh/ssh_config, is there something
else I could have missed?

[papal_authority]

Dunno if this is your problem, but I had problems with my shell login producing output and stopping scp from working. I tweaked my .$HOME/.tcshrc to check if the login is on a tty or not like so:

[boudie]

How would that translate to bash?

[penguinland]

This tip is exactly what you need. I had the same question, and this worked perfectly.

http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Fortune

In your .bashrc file, put the following:

[Cocker68]

My approach to the problem is: