running SCP as a process

[Phil Davis]

Thank you Thierry! This is great.

Phil


On 1/6/14, 10:08 AM, Thierry Douez wrote:
> Hi Phil,
>
> Here is a code snippet which accepts a password to
> run scp via the LC shell() function.
>
> This code is just a proof of concept (which works)!
> Much more can be done and surely much better too.
>
>
> on mouseUp
>     set the shellcommand to "/bin/bash"
>     get "expect -c" & quote &cr& \
>           "set timeout 1" &cr& \
>           "spawn -noecho scp _USER at _HOST:_FILE _LOCALDIR" &cr& \
>           "expect password:  { send _PASSWORD\r\n }" &cr& \
>           "set timeout 100" &cr& \
>           "expect eof" &cr& \
>           "sleep 1" &cr& \
>           "exit" & quote
>     get shell( IT)
>     put "shell: " & IT &cr& the result into fld 1
> end mouseUp
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Thierry
>
>
> 2014/1/5 Phil Davis <revdev at pdslabs.net>:
>> I'm trying to upload a file to a server using scp. It works fine from
>> Terminal (Mac), but fails when run as a process in LC.
>>
>> Any insights you can offer will be greatly appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks -
>>
>> --
>> Phil Davis
>
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Phil Davis