Date:         Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:22:13 -0400
Reply-To:     Matt Pettis <matt.pettis@THOMSON.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Matt Pettis <matt.pettis@THOMSON.COM>
Subject:      Re: OT: How to make a file transfer automatic?

if you have ssh, you should have, or be able to easily get, scp.  'scp'
stands for 'Secure Copy', and should tunnel through your ssh protocol.  You
should even be able to configure it so that you don't have to send a
password in the script.  I have found a good starting point to be:

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8600

ask your server admin about scp, and go from there.

hth,
matt

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:54:26 +0530, Shanks N <shanks.n@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>To add to what Arthur has said, you might want to look at 'expect' and
>more specifically at 'autoexpect'.  These tend to automate interactive
>sessions especially when there is a different file involved every time
>(subject to them being systematically different everytime)
>
>I believe expect comes bundled with Tcl/Tk and a very good book on it
>is Exploring Expect by Don Libes.  There are versions for Unix and
>Windows.
>
>This might be a little more programming than you'd wished for, but I
>believe the effort is worth it.  Even the man pages of Expect have
>decent examples of how it can be used.
>
>regards,
>Shanks
>
>--
>
>Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET> writes:
>
>> Duck-Hye,
>>
>> Does SSH provide command language access?  If so, you could either simply
>> put that code in a .bat file, or run it from SAS (possibly with an X
>> command), and then include the line for running the SAS code.
>>
>> 'Scheduled tasks' will simply run the code, whichever you choose, at
>> designated intervals.  I posted some code on the list, about a month or so
>> ago, which showed how one can include code in a .bat file to test file
>> dates and sizes.  By using the same approach in running the task as a .bat
>> file, you can set up a loop to continue the process until the file is
>> actually replaced.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Art
>> ----------
>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:23:05 -0500, Duck-Hye Yang <dyang@CHAPINHALL.ORG>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>I'd like to schedule a file transfer at a set time, say every night
>> (12AM).
>>>I have an account on a Secure FTP server to transfer files.
>>>Routinely I use 'SSH Secure File Transfer' to download files to my PC
>> machine (operating on Windows-XP).
>>>
>>>I'd like to know how to make the transfer job automatic.
>>>I've heard that I can use 'add scheduled task' from Control Panel.
>> However, I realized that first of all I need to write a program.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Duckhye