Expect Help

[jaglin]

Hi,

I have automated SCP on my machine using the following:

#!/usr/local/bin/expect -f
set timeout 3000
set match_max 5000
spawn scp /home/username/test/test.txt username\@192.1.1.2:/home/userrname/
expect "username@192.1.1.2's password:"
send "password\r"
expect \">\"
exit

Right now it sends the test text file fine, how do i add in a function within this script in which it searches for a file name of a particular name and then SCP it?

I know Expect is kinda similiar to Tcl, but how do i implement something like this?

Thanks!

[Castle]

If you are going to another nix type system you can user sftp.

#!/usr/local/bin/expect -f
set timeout 3000
set match_max 5000
spawn sftp username@192.1.1.2 
/userrname/
expect ":"
send "password\r"
expect \">\"
send "cd\r"
expect \">\"
send "dir\r"
exit

That should get you going in the right direction. You will also have to do the put command. To place your file out there.


I have done most of my expect in a tcl environment and it seems to have a lot more flexibility.