--- a/scp.c	

+++ a/scp.c	

@@ -1084,6 +1084,10 @@ sink(int argc, char **argv)

 			free(vect[0]);

 			continue;

 		}

+		if (buf[0] == 'C' && ! exists && np[strlen(np)-1] == '/') {

+			errno = ENOTDIR;

+			goto bad;

+		}

 		omode = mode;

 		mode |= S_IWUSR;

 		if ((ofd = open(np, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, mode)) == -1) {

--