Eddie --
You might have an easier time with SCP than SFTP.
SCP uses SSH under the covers, which in turn can use public/private
keys instead of passwords. The pass phrase for the secret key is
processed on the *client* side, so there is no need to convey it in
the transaction. (And there are agents and other means of handling
the pass phrase, which I omit to keep this short.)
So the equivalent operation with SCP (no scripting required) is
something like ...
scp zvm.note [email protected]:/users/nyse/zvm.note
EXPECT is a terrific tool, but the burden it carries (simulating the
user at a keyboard) can lead to the idle waiting that you see.
-- R;
Rick Troth
Velocity Software
http://www.velocitysoftware.com/
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Eddie Chen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I have a perl script that issue SecureFTP(sftp) to automate the file
> transfer and the password prompt.
>
> When the script runs in the foreground, it works, and it takes the
> password.
>
> Example:
>
> [echen@startnet11 ~]$ ksh EDC.ksh Eddie.cmd
>
> [email protected]'s password:
> sftp> put zvm.note zvm.note
> Uploading zvm.note to /users/nyse/zvm.note
> sftp> ls -l zvm.note
> -rwxr-x--- 0 0 0 667 Jul 12 19:08 zvm.note
> sftp> bye
>
> Note: The input file "Eddie.cmd" contains the userid and password.
>
> When I run the script in background, the password prompts comes back
> to my terminal and not to the script.
>
> Example:
>
> [echen@startnet11 ~]$ ksh EDC.ksh Eddie.cmd&
> [17] 8228
>
> [email protected]'s password:
>
> Also when I do the "ps" I see the script sitting idle.
>
> echen 27044 27043 0 18:08 pts/9 00:00:00 sftp -b
> /tmp/sftp_batch27041 [email protected]
>
> the question is, is there other way where I can get password working
> running in the background.
>
> my $expect = Expect->spawn("sftp -o 'BatchMode no' -b $BATCH
> $user\@$host");
> $expect->expect(10,"password:");
> $expect->send("$password\n");
> $expect->interact;
>
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