diff --git a/scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh b/scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh
index 6388855eaa6..af4e6084c59 100644
--- a/scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh
+++ b/scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use File::Path;
 use DBI;
 use Sys::Hostname;
 use File::Copy;
+use File::Temp;
 
 =head1 NAME
 
@@ -626,7 +627,6 @@ sub copy_files {
 sub copy_index
 {
   my ($method, $files, $source, $target) = @_;
-  my $tmpfile="$opt_tmpdir/mysqlhotcopy$$";
   
   print "Copying indices for ".@$files." files...\n" unless $opt{quiet};  
   foreach my $file (@$files)
@@ -652,23 +652,23 @@ sub copy_index
       }
       close OUTPUT	   || die "Error on close of $to: $!\n";
     }
-    elsif ($opt{method} eq 'scp')
+    elsif ($opt{method} =~ /^scp\b/)
     {
-      my $tmp=$tmpfile;
-      open(OUTPUT,">$tmp") || die "Can\'t create file $tmp: $!\n";
-      if (syswrite(OUTPUT,$buff) != length($buff))
+      my ($fh, $tmp)=tempfile('mysqlhotcopy-XXXXXX', DIR => $opt_tmpdir);
+      die "Can\'t create/open file in $opt_tmpdir\n";
+      if (syswrite($fh,$buff) != length($buff))
       {
 	die "Error when writing data to $tmp: $!\n";
       }
-      close OUTPUT	     || die "Error on close of $tmp: $!\n";
-      safe_system("scp $tmp $to");
+      close $fh || die "Error on close of $tmp: $!\n";
+      safe_system("$opt{method} $tmp $to");
+      unlink $tmp;
     }
     else
     {
       die "Can't use unsupported method '$opt{method}'\n";
     }
   }
-  unlink "$tmpfile" if  ($opt{method} eq 'scp');
 }
 
 
diff --git a/sql/mysql_priv.h b/sql/mysql_priv.h
index 34e1e7c9113..8707bc205df 100644
--- a/sql/mysql_priv.h
+++ b/sql/mysql_priv.h
@@ -635,6 +635,8 @@ int mysqld_show_variables(THD *thd,const char *wild);
 int mysqld_show(THD *thd, const char *wild, show_var_st *variables,
 		enum enum_var_type value_type,
 		pthread_mutex_t *mutex);
+int mysql_find_files(THD *thd,List<char> *files, const char *db,
+                const char *path, const char *wild, bool dir);
 int mysqld_show_charsets(THD *thd,const char *wild);
 int mysqld_show_collations(THD *thd,const char *wild);
 int mysqld_show_storage_engines(THD *thd);
diff --git a/sql/sql_show.cc b/sql/sql_show.cc
index e217555e582..6d328243a59 100644
--- a/sql/sql_show.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_show.cc
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ static TYPELIB grant_types = { sizeof(grant_names)/sizeof(char **),
                                grant_names};
 #endif
 
-static int mysql_find_files(THD *thd,List<char> *files, const char *db,
-                            const char *path, const char *wild, bool dir);
-
 static int
 store_create_info(THD *thd, TABLE *table, String *packet);
 
@@ -361,7 +358,7 @@ int mysqld_show_column_types(THD *thd)
 }
 
 
-static int
+int
 mysql_find_files(THD *thd,List<char> *files, const char *db,const char *path,
                  const char *wild, bool dir)
 {