Is there a way to send a command to Linux from a MS batch File??

[Dingo001]

Hi

I run BOINC on about 12 Linux command line PC's. I have two XP PC's and the one that I use for looking at all the others is an XP Pc using Boinc_mgr or Boinc view.

Is there a way to send a command to Linux from a MS batch File??

In windows he command is
"c:\Program Files\Boinc\boinccmd.exe" --host 192.1.168.86 --passwd **** --project MilkyWay@home update

In Linux BOINC is located in a different folder and the batch file does not update them because it can't find them.

I am running mainly command line versions of Ubuntu so the command would be
/usr/bin/boinc_cmd --host 192.1.168.20 --passwd ***** --project MilkyWay@home update

Is there a way to pass this to Linux from an MS Batch File??

To use linux and the cron function I would need to hook each pc up to a keyboard, monitor etc and change some files. I was hoping that I could do it from an XP PC bat file.


so Is there a way to send a command to Linux from a MS batch File??

[GNU-Fan]

Is the line between the WinPC and the receivers secure?

[Dingo001]

Yes it is an internal network

[GNU-Fan]

Google for "expect" and use it together with telnet.

Or use netcat with the -e option.

[Dingo001]

Looks too hard for a newbie in scripting like me. I guess I will just have to hook up each maching and do it that way.

Thanks for the reply though, it was quick and gave me an answer.