UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,

I'm using plink to execute shell script on UNIX machines.
It works pretty well excepted with some machines where I don't have the same $PATH than with putty.

I'm using the command

Code:

PLINK.EXE -ssh machinename -l user -pw password echo $PATH

And for putty nothing special set, I use ssh as connection type.

I'm not a specialist so I'm not sure of the following but it seems that the profile is not load which could explain the difference between the $PATH.

As I don't how works the profile file and I'm not the owner the machines I'm a little lost.

Is there something known with plink? Or something I must set?

Thanks

Try:

PLINK.EXE -ssh machinename -l user -pw password ". .profile;echo $PATH"

If this doesn't work, create a file with the above 2 commands in it, and then execute the file.

Thanks for the reply.

This doesn't work for me because of missing permissions.

But I've found a solution:

Code:

PLINK.EXE -ssh machinename -l user -pw password bash -l -c 'echo $PATH'

Using bash -l allows me to log on the machine and so load the profile.


Thanks