hi,

I have a script that will automatically login into a server and get a file. it is working fine if i run it on a command line. however, when i tried to run it as a cron job, it is not working. what should i do?

set timeout -1
spawn /usr/bin/sftp user1@server1
match_max 100000
expect -exact "Connecting to server1...\r
user1@server1's password: "
send -- "passwordtxt\r"
expect -exact "\r
sftp> "
send -- "cd .ssh\r"
expect -exact "cd .ssh\r
sftp> "
send -- "get file1\r"
expect -exact "get file1\r
Fetching /users/user1/.ssh/file1 to file1\r
sftp> "
send -- "exit\r"
expect eof

NOTE: i do not want to use scp,ftp,cp or any other filetransfer because it needs some keys to be setup. all i want to do is run this as a cron job.

thanks,

See related posts in the frequently asked questions.

I have read the instructions as you have said. but it's still not working.

Not sure if you are still having issue but....
Remember that no environment variables will be passed to cron ..if the sftp script requires them then it will need to added to your script.