sftp and function 1

[nimrodman]

I have a working script which I have written, but I want to make an adjustment to call a function after invoking sftp, it is something like this

sftp user$node
prompt
lcd $LOCAL_DIR
do_this # that is the function
bye
sftp eof

it is ot calling the function, any ideas?

 

[p5wizard]

More likely it is like this:

[tt]sftp user@node <<sftp_eof
prompt
lcd $LOCAL_DIR
do_this # that is the function
bye
sftp_eof

do_this[/tt] is read by sftp, not by the shell...

If the actions you want can be put in a shell script, you can call it from within the sftp session like this:

[tt]sftp user@node <<sftp_eof
prompt
lcd $LOCAL_DIR
!/path/to/do_this # run a shell script
bye
sftp_eof[/tt]


or else, if you really want to call a function, like this:

[tt]sftp user@node <<sftp_eof
prompt
lcd $LOCAL_DIR
bye
sftp_eof
do_this # run a shell function[/tt]


HTH,

p5wizard

 

[spamly]

Out of curiosity, can you use scp instead of sftp?