On 2003-12-02, James Hu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2003-12-02, David Strozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. ...
David followed up with me directly. I am posting a summary of our exchange here for the archives: David Strozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks. I'm aware of that, but here documents have the advantages > of not having two separate files to keep track of, and you can use > variables defined in the script in the commands. batchfiles may be the > only solution and they will work, but be a bit awkward. In your script, you can use a here document directed into cat, and redirect the output of cat into a temporary file which is used as the batch file for sftp. When sftp completes, you can remove the temporary file. $ cat <<. > foo.txt > Hello > world! > . $ cat foo.txt Hello world! $ -- James -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
