Automating scp?

[torquemonster]

Hello,

Does anyone know if it's possible to automate the use of scp in a script? I'd like to be able to write a quick script that the user could call like:

 "cpfile $1"

where the user specifies the filename that they'd like to copy over. (I know that I can do the same thing with ftp, but I'd prefer to use scp.) I've tried using

 scp -B -f"$1" dest:/path/to/file

but it returns

scp: illegal option -- 0
usage: scp [-pqrvBC46] [-F config] [-S program] [-P port]
           [-c cipher] [-i identity] [-o option]
           [[user@]host1:]file1 [...] [[user@]host2:]file2

Also, is it possible to tell it which user I'd like it to log in as? I didn't see any option for that in the man page...

Thanks in advance,

T.

 

[Morsing]

scp: illegal option -- 0
usage: scp [-pqrvBC46] [-F config] [-S program] [-P port]
[-c cipher] [-i identity] [-o option]
[[user@]host1:]file1 [...] [[user@]host2:]file2

Don't know where you got the '-f' option from but do like this:

scp -B "$1" dest:/path/to/file

The login name can be done as the usage suggests like:

scp -B "$1" myuser@dest:/path/to/file

Cheers

Henrik Morsing
Certified AIX 4.3 Systems Administration
& p690 Technical Support