Tip

A tip that might be worth adding to http://www.openssh.com/faq.html#2.9


"To prevent .bashrc from causing SCP to fail, add a line like the following
to your .bashrc:

*#  SCP / RCP can't handle .bashrc's with output, so check to see if this is
a non-interactive session.
        if [[ $- != *i* ]] ; then
                # Shell is non-interactive.  Be done now!
                return
                fi
*

"Put this *before* the output of  your .bashrc, but *after* anything in your
.bashrc that doesn't produce text output.  It will prevent your .bashrc from
outputting anything when it is called via SCP."