[olug] simple script

[Jack]

Sean,

    Thanks for the tip.  The scp command works just fine.  I'm still 
wrestling with Mandriva to convince it to accept RSA keys for the 
script.  It seems to have an ideosyncratic protocol for locating them.  
I'll keep working on it.

    But scp did help.

    Thanx,
    Jack

Subject:
Re: [olug] Simple local network script
From:
Sean Kelly <smkelly at zombie.org>
Date:
Sat, 17 Jun 2006 20:58:34 -0500

To:
Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>


On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 08:23:08PM -0500, Jack wrote:

>> Sorry to bother you guys (and gals?), but I could use a simple script 
>> for the following:
>> 
>>     I am using sftp to move files from one computer to another in my 
>> home network.  I use MandrivaLinux 2006 on both machines.
>>     I always enter in the same commands on the same machine.  The 
>> commands are:
>> 
>> sftp 192.168.1.214
>> (then I put in the password and when I am in the sftp shell I type:)
>> put /home/jd/Sneakernet/* /home/jd/Sneakernet
>> bye
>  
>

First off, you could be using `scp` instead of `sftp`. SCP is a
non-interactive way to copy files with SSH. So, you'd change the above by
doing:

$ scp /home/jd/Sneakernet/* @192.168.1.214:/home/jd/Sneakernet

As for eliminating the password, I'd suggest you look into building a new
SSH key without a password. This article describes it:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8600

So, as for a simple shell script... Something along the lines of:
--SNIP--
#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/scp ~jd/Sneakernet/* @192.168.1.214:~jd/Sneakernet/
--SNIP--

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