ssh : name or service unknown
 

Hello,

I am connected to a server with openvpn.

When I try to get a file from this server to my workstation, then the error appears :

ssh: 2011-04-28_10: Name or service not known

But in fact the name of the file is :

2011-04-28_10\:26\:45

I guess the system can not handle the time indication in the filename ?

Escaping it with \ does not help apparently.

Did you try using single quotes? Eg something like:
Evo2.

I cannot reproduce your error, since scp on my system accepts colons in file names flawlessly. Please show us the exact command you've tried. In alternative you can try something like:

Actually, the exact command is :

scp * Jonas@10.10.0.2:/home/Jonas/Desktop

I would use rsync for this. Eg, something like:
If the above appears to do what you want, remove the "--dry-run" flag to do it for real.

Evo2.

Hi,

Suppose you have file1 (in directory /tmp) on 192.168.1.3 and you want to copy it on 192.168.1.4 the do this
Run this command from 192.168.1.4
. specifies current directory

hope this helps

In this case the colon in the name of the source file make scp to think it's a host specification. To avoid that, tell scp it's actually a file by adding the path ./ to the file name (or to the wildcard as in your example), e.g.
This should do the trick! :jawa:

hi, you can try scp -r filename user@hostname:/path where you want to copy file/.

I think linux accepts spaces and columns in filenames, you might want to check as well your sshserver and sshclient if they are installed in your machine.

This indeed makes it all work. Thanks !