Do you really need SFTP? Why don't you use SCP? It is over the same protocol, SSH!
I had the same problem with FTP, the return code: $? was always 0, so I tried to map all the errors that could happen: "connection timedout", "lost connection", ... and parsed the output of the verbose execution: -vvv.
Something like:
Also, why do you need a expect script to do a SFTP? Why don't you use a passwordless ssh
Hi All,
I am trying to upload a text file from HP unix to Windows tectia server using sftp, the text file shows with new line character after upload.
For EG : abc.txt file contains
123
456
aftre upload it shows as
123 456
i am using sftp version 2.0
TQ, (4 Replies)
Hi All,
Here is my Expect script, I don't get any error message when I run it. But the file never goes to other system? I also paste the output screen below.
When I run the script, the script runs so fast. But when I do it manually, it takes about 10 minutes for the file to transfer.
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Hi Experts,
I am learning expect and wrote the below script for automatic sftp into a server:
#!/usr/local/bin/expect -f -d
spawn sftp -v test@mumux503 # logs into mumux503 as test user
expect "password:"
sleep 20
send "test\r"; # sending the password for test... (3 Replies)
How to automate sftp with out using expect script?
My batch file has the password but it is not taking. Please see below.
I want to use this sftp connection in a loop for pushing new files in a directory one at a time. Hence I can not use an expect script.
bash-2.05$... (5 Replies)
Hi Experts ,
I am new to unix programming please tell me how to write expect and hoe to call it for automated file upload process.
help me really ! (0 Replies)
Hi Experts,
Please help me to write the expect script for uploading multiple files in one shot . Below is my program that I have written.
#!/usr/local/bin/expect -f #/home/kulbhushan/sftp_prog.sh
# procedure to attempt connecting; result 0 if OK, 1 otherwise
proc connect {passw} {
expect... (1 Reply)
Hi everyone,
Something rather interesting just happened to me. I uploaded a file to a server through sftp. I closed the connection and then logged on to the server via ssh. So far so good.
When I typed ls -l in the remote server to retrieve a directory listing, the file that was previously... (2 Replies)
I have to send few gzipped files from local server to SFTP server.
My Server Info
Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS Release: 12.04 Codename: precise
Created a bash script and could able to send files to sftp, but i want to send email if transfer is successful.
... (1 Reply)
Dear All,
I have a requirement where I have to SFTP or SCP a file in a batch script. Unfortunately, the destination server setup is such that it doesn't allow for shell command line login. So, I am not able to set up SSH keys. My source server is having issues with Expect. So, unable to use... (5 Replies)
Hi,
Below script is running on AIX 7.1 ( 7100-04-05-1720 version ) server. Recently OpenSSH version installed on server got updated from OpenSSH_6.0p1 to OpenSSH_7.5p1 version. After this update we do not receive any file upload message after put/mput command in SFTP.
sftp -b - user@server... (1 Reply)
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
pscp
pscp(1) PuTTY tool suite pscp(1)NAME
pscp - command-line SCP (secure copy) / SFTP client
SYNOPSIS
pscp [options] [user@]host:source target
pscp [options] source [source...] [user@]host:target
pscp [options] -ls [user@]host:filespec
DESCRIPTION
pscp is a command-line client for the SSH-based SCP (secure copy) and SFTP (secure file transfer protocol) protocols.
OPTIONS
The command-line options supported by pscp are:
-V Show version information and exit.
-pgpfp Display the fingerprints of the PuTTY PGP Master Keys and exit, to aid in verifying new files released by the PuTTY team.
-ls Remote directory listing.
-p Preserve file attributes.
-q Quiet, don't show statistics.
-r Copy directories recursively.
-unsafe
Allow server-side wildcards (DANGEROUS).
-v Show verbose messages.
-load session
Load settings from saved session.
-P port
Connect to port port.
-l user
Set remote username to user.
-batch Disable interactive prompts.
-pw password
Set remote password to password. CAUTION: this will likely make the password visible to other users of the local machine (via com-
mands such as `w').
-1 Force use of SSH protocol version 1.
-2 Force use of SSH protocol version 2.
-C Enable SSH compression.
-i path
Private key file for authentication.
-scp Force use of SCP protocol.
-sftp Force use of SFTP protocol.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information on pscp it's probably best to go and look at the manual on the PuTTY web page:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
BUGS
This man page isn't terribly complete. See the above web link for better documentation.
PuTTY tool suite 2004-03-24 pscp(1)