Re: Automating SFTP

[Tim Bronski <tim.bronski@xxxxxxxxx>]

There's a free sftp client that you can download at 
www.arpeggiosoftware.com. It's a native IBM i product (no pase) that's 
CL command driven so you can write scripts that integrate with your 
current processes. It's got everything you need to build anything from a 
simple script to complex file management. It supports userid/password as 
well as key authentication and has a built in key manager. It's based on 
openssh. There's a tech tip write up in MC Press here: 
http://www.mcpressonline.com/document-management/techtip-get-secure-ftp-for-free.html.

Regards

Tim

On 11/27/2012 11:35 PM, James Rich wrote:
> I've been looking for a simple way to automate sftp on the System i.  On
> linux I can use the expect tool which works perfectly.  If this was
> regular ftp I have simple ways of automating the login process, but sftp
> does not work the same way.  The sftp server will not allow me to store my
> public key there so I can't use key authentication.  sftp does support a
> batch mode but only when using key authentication.  Any suggestions?
>
> James Rich
>
> if you want to understand why that is, there are many good books on
> the design of operating systems. please pass them along to redmond
> when you're done reading them :)
>   	- Paul Davis on ardour-dev