Help with scp access

[James R. Van Zandt]

Scott Ehrlich <scott at MIT.EDU> writes:
>When trying to scp a file to multiple systems at once (using ftp.ssh.org's
>ssh-1.2.27 on a Slackware 7 setup to other Slackware 7 systems), I get:
...
>My command line is: 
>% scp testfile scott at host1:. scott at host2:. scott at host3:. scott at host4:.

I believe scp treats multiple arguments just like cp: the last one is
the destination, and all the rest are sources.

I suggest using shell:

  for x in host1 host2 host3 host4; do scp testfile $x ; done

or, if no interaction is needed,

  for x in host1 host2 host3 host4; do scp testfile $x & done
                                                       ^

		 - Jim Van Zandt
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