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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: alx <alx@cuba.xs4all.nl>
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Subject: Re: scp fails on wrong path to scp executable 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 16 Nov 1999 07:43:06 +0100."
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On Tue, 16 Nov 1999 07:43:06 +0100, alx wrote:

> [root@freak distfiles]# scp alxkiste:/usr/ports/distfiles/rdate* .
> 
> it says:
> 
> root@alxkiste's password:
> scp: Command not found.

> After making a symlink /usr/bin/scp --> /usr/local/bin/scp it works.

If you had to create this symlink on your FreeBSD box, you may find that
the user alxkiste on the FreeBSD box doesn't have /usr/local/bin in its
PATH.

If you had to create this symlink on your Linux box, you're asking the
wrong people. :-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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