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Old 01-29-2015
Using Expect and scp. Not moving directories
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
/home/archive/subdir2


The script (simplified) is run on computerA.


#!/usr/bin/expect -f
spawn rcp -r /home/test/parentDir/* archive@computerb/home/archive
expect ".*sword.*"
exp_send "password\n"
interact


This script results in error message:
/home/test/parentdir/*: No such file or directory


Running the rcp command from the command line and supplying the password when prompted results in the subdirectories copied to where I want them. That is,

$rcp -r /home/test/parentDir/* archive@computerb/home/archive

Works.

I've also tried a few variations of quoting the rcp command which haven't worked:

spawn rcp -r /home/test/parentDir archive@computerb/home/archive

results in parentDir copied as well, as in
/home/archive/parentDir/subdir1
/home/archive/parentDir/subdir2

So, what is expect doing? How should I quote the rcp command?

-Thanks
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Old 01-29-2015
expect is not a shell.

I would suggest using scp instead of rcp, which would allow you to use passwordless authentication in a shell script.
Last edited by Corona688; 01-29-2015 at 12:12 PM..
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