diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 61ee5a6fe..eceac5e21 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
    - [regress/sftp-badcmds.sh regress/sftp-cmds.sh regress/sftp.sh
      regress/ssh-com-client.sh regress/ssh-com-sftp.sh regress/stderr-data.sh
      regress/transfer.sh] Use ${EXEEXT} where appropriate.
-   - [regress/sftp.sh] Remove dependency on /dev/stdin.
+   - [regress/sftp.sh regress/ssh-com-sftp.sh] Remove dependency on /dev/stdin.
    - [regress/agent-ptrace.sh regress/agent-timeout.sh]
      "grep -q" -> "grep >/dev/null"
    - [regress/agent.sh regress/proto-version.sh regress/ssh-com.sh
@@ -1011,4 +1011,4 @@
  - Fix sshd BindAddress and -b options for systems using fake-getaddrinfo.
    Report from murple@murple.net, diagnosis from dtucker@zip.com.au
 
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.2954 2003/09/04 05:24:50 dtucker Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.2955 2003/09/04 05:26:57 dtucker Exp $
diff --git a/regress/ssh-com-sftp.sh b/regress/ssh-com-sftp.sh
index 760cc9057..6ca7dad51 100644
--- a/regress/ssh-com-sftp.sh
+++ b/regress/ssh-com-sftp.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ tid="basic sftp put/get with ssh.com server"
 
 DATA=/bin/ls${EXEEXT}
 COPY=${OBJ}/copy
+SFTPCMDFILE=${OBJ}/batch
+
+cat >$SFTPCMDFILE <<EOF
+version
+get $DATA ${COPY}.1
+put $DATA ${COPY}.2
+EOF
 
 BUFFERSIZE="5 1000 32000 64000"
 REQUESTS="1 2 10"
@@ -41,18 +48,17 @@ for v in ${VERSIONS}; do
 		for R in ${REQUESTS}; do
 			verbose "test $tid: buffer_size $B num_requests $R"
 			rm -f ${COPY}.1 ${COPY}.2
-			${SFTP} -P ${server} -B $B -R $R -b /dev/stdin \
-			> /dev/null 2>&1 << EOF
-			version
-			get $DATA ${COPY}.1
-			put $DATA ${COPY}.2
-EOF
+			${SFTP} -P ${server} -B $B -R $R -b $SFTPCMDFILE \
+			> /dev/null 2>&1
 			r=$?
 			if [ $r -ne 0 ]; then
 				fail "sftp failed with $r"
+			else                                
+				cmp $DATA ${COPY}.1 || fail "corrupted copy after get"
+				cmp $DATA ${COPY}.2 || fail "corrupted copy after put"
 			fi
-			cmp $DATA ${COPY}.1 || fail "corrupted copy after get"
-			cmp $DATA ${COPY}.2 || fail "corrupted copy after put"
 		done
 	done
 done
+rm -f ${COPY}.1 ${COPY}.2                
+rm -f $SFTPCMDFILE