Tested using: cd v2v LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND=direct ../run virt-v2v -i vmx -it ssh "ssh://localhost/$PWD/test-v2v-i-vmx-1.vmx" -o null -v -x and manually examining the debug output. Thanks: Ming Xie, Jakub Jelen. --- v2v/input_vmx.ml | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/v2v/input_vmx.ml b/v2v/input_vmx.ml index 5441bccb9..4a82a867f 100644 --- a/v2v/input_vmx.ml +++ b/v2v/input_vmx.ml @@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ let server_of_uri { Xml.uri_server } = let path_of_uri { Xml.uri_path } = match uri_path with None -> assert false | Some p -> p +let scp_supports_T_option = lazy ( + let cmd = "LANG=C scp -T |& grep \"unknown option\"" in + if verbose () then + eprintf "%s\n%!" cmd; + Sys.command cmd <> 0 +) + (* 'scp' a remote file into a temporary local file, returning the path * of the temporary local file. *) @@ -68,8 +75,9 @@ let scp_from_remote_to_temporary uri tmpdir filename = let localfile = tmpdir // filename in let cmd = - sprintf "scp%s%s %s%s:%s %s" + sprintf "scp%s%s%s %s%s:%s %s" (if verbose () then "" else " -q") + (if Lazy.force scp_supports_T_option then " -T" else "") (match port_of_uri uri with | None -> "" | Some port -> sprintf " -P %d" port) -- 2.22.0