scp of sysfs file repeats data

[Bernd Petrovitsch]

On Mit, 2015-06-24 at 14:52 +1000, Craig McQueen wrote:
> > From: Reimar Döffinger [mailto:Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de]
[...]
> > Looking at the source code, the protocol should have sent an EIO error, so
> > the user/programs checking the exit code should be able to see something
> > went wrong...
> > Is that somehow not working?
> 
> Yes, with openssh scp, I get a "Broken pipe" error. That's good under the circumstances.
> 
> With dropbear scp, I don't get any error.

Well, the sending side could check the sent size and the real size and
write an error message - doesn't solve anything but at least one has the
chance to see it (and use 'tar -zc | ssh tar -zx' instead or other
already working means).

Kind regards,
	Bernd
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