execute remote command with ssh with local file as parameter

[Godsrock37]

So I hope the name says it all
I have a local xml file that's an argument to a service that i'll be running on a remote box
the general idea was something like ssh user(at)remotebox "service localxml"

this doesn't seem to work when i use a test of
ssh user(at)remotebox "cat locallist"

"cat: locallist: No such file or directory"

any thoughts?

[gerard4143]

I got it to work using:

ssh user@192.168.0.144 /home/user/somedir/someexe < datafile

The exe was a simple C program:

someexe.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(int argc, char**argv)
{
	unsigned int ch= 0;

	while ((ch = fgetc(stdin)) != EOF)
	{
		fputc(ch, stdout);
	}
	exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}

[Godsrock37]

looks good thanks gerard4143. That looks simpler than my solution
I did something like

cat "xml" | ssh user@host exe_to_execute

but i think yours is the same but prettier and easier to understand
thanks