sftp, scp or rsync don't work if your login shell is zsh

[bakul]

This is what happens:

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$ scp testfile shell.sonic.net:public_ftp/outgoing
editor () {
$ stdin: is not a tty

I see basically the same thing with rsync and sftp.

I tracked this down to line 99 in /etc/profile. This file gets included from /etc/zshenv, which is run when you login and if your login shell is zsh. Functions needed for interactive use should not be included like this, breaking scripts.

I can't even change my login shell to test this theory!

Can some sysop staff person please fix this? Thanks!

[augie]

I've commented out the line in /etc/zshenv ; let us know if that helps.

[bakul]

I've commented out the line in /etc/zshenv ; let us know if that helps.

That fixes the problem. Thanks very much!