Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/utils/OS/scpin.m
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk/src/m/utils/OS/scpin.m	(revision 2258)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/utils/OS/scpin.m	(revision 2259)
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@
 		string=[string packages{end} '\}'];
 
-		[status,result]=system(['scp ' host ':' path '/' string ' ./']);
-		if status, 
-			error('scpin error message: could not call scp on *nix system');
+		system(['scp ' host ':' path '/' string ' ./']);
+		for i=1:numel(packages),
+			if ~exist(['./' packages{i}]),
+				error('scpin error message: could not call scp on *nix system');
+			end
 		end
 	end