I have an expect script where in i am trying to scp a folder but it is getting timed out. Any help will be appreciated. (I don't have the option for sharing keys)
Also, how to check error code if timeout has occurred?
Last edited by temp_user; 04-29-2014 at 04:14 AM..
Hello to all...this is my first post (so please go easy). :)
I feel pretty solid at expect scripting, but I'm running into an issue that I'm not able to wrap my head around. I wrote a script that is a little advanced for logging into a remote Linux machine and changing text in a file using sed.... (2 Replies)
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Hello,
I would like to make a script, ideally in perl since I am most familair with it, that does the following:
automatically starts up at 9 pm, searches through a specified directory for any new files, finds those new files and starts to run them through a pipeline. I have most of it worked... (4 Replies)
Gents,
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Hi All,
I run the scp command in shell prompt without issue, but when on expect script as below:
#!/usr/bin/expect
spawn scp /var/spool/sms/failed.tar.gz abc@10.10.12.2:/home/abc
expect "abc@10.10.12.2's password: "
send "abcfef\r"
exit 0
It looks not working at all and the... (3 Replies)
An Expect script using scp to copy directories is not moving the subdirectories as wanted. The directory structure is:
computerA (user 'test')
/home/test/parentDir/subdir1
/home/test/parentDir/subdir2
and I want them copied to
computerB (user 'archive')
/home/archive/subdir1... (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)
I'm fairly new to scripting so this might not be possible.
I am using Expect with Cisco switches and need to capture the string after finding the expect request. For example, when I issue "show version" on a Nexus switch, I'm looking to capture the current firmware version:
#show version
... (0 Replies)
Hi All,
I have written a script to automate scp of files. Most of the times it works fine except few cases. I want your help and suggestions to fix these failures.
I have used expect & shell to do the automated scp. Below is code
$ cat scp.ksh
#!/bin/ksh
inputfile=$1
fdest_sid=$2... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: veeresh_15
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
parallel-scp
PARALLEL-SCP(1)PARALLEL-SCP(1)NAME
parallel-scp - parallel versions of scp
SYNOPSIS
parallel-scp [OPTIONS] -h hosts.txt local remote
DESCRIPTION
pssh provides a number of commands for executing against a group of computers, using SSH. It's most useful for operating on clusters of
homogenously-configured hosts.
parallel-scp copy files in parallel to a set of machines.
OPTIONS -r --recursive
recusively copy directories (OPTIONAL)
-h --hosts
hosts file (each line "host[:port] [user]")
-l --user
username (OPTIONAL)
-p --par
max number of parallel threads (OPTIONAL)
-o --outdir
output directory for stdout files (OPTIONAL)
-e --errdir
output directory for stderr files (OPTIONAL)
-t --timeout
timeout (secs) (-1 = no timeout) per host (OPTIONAL)
-O --options
SSH options (OPTIONAL)
-v --verbose
turn on warning and diagnostic messages (OPTIONAL)
EXAMPLE
The following example runs hostname on three machines (IPs or hostnames) specified in the file ips.txt using login irb2 and saves the
output in /tmp/foo.
# parallel-scp -h ips.txt -l irb2 /etc/hosts /tmp/hosts
Success on 128.112.152.122:22
Success on 18.31.0.190:22
Success on 128.232.103.201:22
ENVIRONMENT
All four programs take similar sets of options. All of these options can be set using the following environment variables:
o PSSH_HOSTS
o PSSH_USER
o PSSH_PAR
o PSSH_OUTDIR
o PSSH_VERBOSE
o PSSH_OPTIONS
SEE ALSO parallel-ssh(1), parallel-slurp(1), parallel-nuke(1), parallel-rsync(1), ssh(1), scp(1),
AUTHOR
Brent N. Chun <bnc@theether.org>
COPYING
Copyright: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Brent N. Chun
NOTES
1. bnc@theether.org
mailto:bnc@theether.org
03/30/2009 PARALLEL-SCP(1)