--- 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)) < 0) {
--