scripting sftp in a bash script

[James Hu]

On 2003-12-02, David Strozzi <dstrozzi@MIT.EDU> wrote:
> I'm trying to use sftp within a bash script on cygwin (version 1.5.5 on
> winXP pro).  Ideally I'd like to use a 'here document' rather than using
> an external batchfile...

> ... are there other ways to script/call sftp (or a _secure_ equivalent)?

sftp has its own batch file facility.  From the sftp man page:

     -b batchfile
             Batch mode reads a series of commands from an input
             batchfile instead of stdin.  Since it lacks user
             interaction it should be used in conjunction with
             non-interactive authentication. sftp will abort if any
             of the following commands fail: get, put, rename, ln,
             rm, mkdir, chdir, ls, lchdir, chmod, chown, chgrp, lpwd
             and lmkdir.  Termination on error can be suppressed on a
             command by command basis by prefixing the command with a
             `-' character (for example, -rm /tmp/blah*).


-- James


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