set times: Broken pipe error (scp -p -r)

I'm running a code on a cluster and download the outputs with Matlab. I get the following message in the command window upon downloading:

Outputs/spinEq1: set times: Broken pipe

(Outputs/spinEq1 is the directory in my computer I'm downloading to).

the unix command returns 1.

running the code without -p works perfectly, but it is important to me to preserve the modification and access times from the original file.

name='spinEq1';
download=1;

if download
    disp ('downloading...');
    cmd=strcat('scp -p -r shimoni@chemfarm/work/shimoni/6_SampleRun/',name,' Outputs');
    unix (cmd);
    disp ('download finished');
end

back=pwd;
cd (strcat('Outputs/',name));

thank you.

[Walter Roberson]

I suggest you consider https://blogs.mathworks.com/pick/2016/04/15/secure-ftp-sshsftpscp/