integrating rsync with Rev

[Phil Davis]

Josh -

Will it work by doing what Mark Smith mentioned on 4/25/08? (below)
>
> Another option is to open "/bin/bash" as a process, so you can then 
> read and write to it as if it were  the 'terminal' app.
>
> best,
>
> Mark 
Phil Davis



Josh Mellicker wrote:
> Thanks for the detailed example, but apparently rsync won't accept a 
> password this way or I just don't get it (or both :-)
>
> So here's where I'm stuck:
>
> In Terminal, you:
>
> 1. issue the rsync command
> 2. then, at the next prompt, you are asked for the server password. 
> Typing this and pressing enter starts the rsyncing.
>
> I cannot figure out how to respond to this second prompt with either 
> "shell" or "open process-write to process".
>
>
> I have tried to implement this solution:
>
> http://www.sakana.fr/blog/2008/05/07/securing-automated-rsync-over-ssh/
>
> for being able to automate rsync by setting up a secure an SSH key 
> pair, so I don't need a password, but this too is beyond my capabilities.
>
>
> Again, I would gladly finance the effort of creating a test stack and 
> share it, I think many developers would enjoy Rev working with rsync.
>
>
>
> On May 16, 2008, at 4:54 AM, Sarah Reichelt wrote:
>
>>>> As an example, if I want to get a detailed directory listing in
>>>> Terminal, I use:   ls -la
>>>> In Rev, I would use:  put shell("ls -la") into fld "Listing"
>>>
>>>
>>> But what if I need to look into a locked directory, one that in 
>>> terminal I'd
>>> use sudo ls -la ? How do I pass the command and the password. In 
>>> Terminal I
>>> always do the sudo + command, it then asks for my password which I 
>>> enter.
>>> How do I do these 2 steps in Rev?
>>
>> Here is the way I do it:
>>
>>    -- specify the shell command to use
>>    put "ls -la" into tCmd
>>    -- build the series of shell commands to sudo this
>>    put "#!/bin/sh" & cr into tScript
>>    put "pw=" & quote & tPass & quote & cr after tScript
>>    put "echo $pw | sudo -S " & tCmd & cr after tScript
>>    -- do the complete shell command
>>    put shell(tScript) into tCheck  -- do the command & get the result
>>
>> You can either ask for the password each time, or store it in a custom
>> property or global for future reference.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Sarah 

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