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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to pass an array containing file names to a sftp script? Post 302841041 by Little on Wednesday 7th of August 2013 12:21:30 AM
Old 08-07-2013
How to pass an array containing file names to a sftp script?
hi,

i want to pass an array parameters to a sftp script so that i can transfer each file in the array to the remote server by connecting only once to the sftp remote server.

i thought of using a variable that contains list of file names separated by a space and pass the variable to the sftp script. but inside sftp it transfers only the last file if i use multiple file name with the mput command.

mainscript.sh
Code:
FILE_NAMES="s1.txt s2.txt s3.lst"
/home/sftp_script $FILE_NAMES

sftp_script
Code:
set FILENAME [lindex $argv 0]
spawn /usr/bin/sftp abc@ftp.sample.com
expect "abc@ftp.sample.com's password:"
send "pass\r"
expect "sftp>"
send "cd Out\r"
expect "sftp>"
send "mput $FILENAME\r"
expect "sftp>"
send "bye\r"
expect eof

the above sftp script transfers only the last file. so i thought of passing an array to the sftp script and use a single array element at a time to the mput command. i donot know if it is possible or not. i hope you have understood my requirement. can someone give a better idea please.
 

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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

sftp-server

sftp-server(1M) 					  System Administration Commands					   sftp-server(1M)

NAME

       sftp-server - SFTP server subsystem

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/ssh/sftp-server

DESCRIPTION

       sftp-server implements the server side of the SSH File Transfer Protocol as defined in the IETF draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer.

       sftp-server is a subsystem for sshd(1M) and must not be run directly. There are no options or config settings.

       To enable the sftp-server subsystem for sshd add the following to /etc/ssh/sshd_config:

       Subsystem   sftp     /usr/lib/ssh/sftp-server

       See sshd_config(4) for a description of the format and contents of that file.

       There is no relationship between the protocol used by sftp-server and the FTP protocol (RFC 959) provided by in.ftpd.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Successful completion.

       >0	An error occurred.

FILES

       /usr/lib/sftp-server

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWsshdu 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       sftp(1), ssh(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-keygen(1), sshd(1M), sshd_config(4), attributes(5)

       To  view  license  terms,  attribution,	and  copyright	for OpenSSH, the default path is /var/sadm/pkg/SUNWsshdr/install/copyright. If the
       Solaris operating environment has been installed anywhere other than the default, modify the given path to access the file at the installed
       location.

AUTHOR

       Markus Friedl

SunOS 5.10							    30 Jul 2003 						   sftp-server(1M)
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