------------------------------------------------ On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:09:44 -0400 , Roberts Mr Richard L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> <Please start a new thread when appropriate.>Sorry, new to discussion group > yet thanks for the advice. Also remember to group reply so others can help and be helped. > > <My first question is, are you trying to copy a file from the local system > to the remote?> is what I am attempting. Using Net::SSH::Perl I can logon to > remote host, create $directory, yet when I try to copy a local file to > remote host it bails. I ran: perl -e 'use Net::SFTP;' and errors so module > is not installed. Yet Net::FTP does resolves. So now I am making a new > connection using Net::FTP and resolving error for login. I would like to go > back to use Net::SSH::Perl and open a connection, create a directory, copy a > local file to remote host and bail. Any suggestions would be appreciated. > Net::SFTP and Net::FTP are very different animals. The second is a base module used for plain old boring FTP which unless you have access to use it and a specific reason you shouldn't bother. In your case you want the former, the good news is if you have Net::SSH::Perl installed and working (which it sounds as if you do) then you should have no problem getting Net::SFTP to work, since it mainly relies on Net::SSH::Perl. I would suggest installing it and reading through its docs, it can be found on CPAN (http://search.cpan.org/~btrott/Net-SFTP-0.05/lib/Net/SFTP.pm). Net::SSH::Perl is for sending multiple single commands (not a typo that is what I mean) to a remote shell session (or a single single command depending on the protocol (again that is what I mean)). And standard 'cp' is for doing "local" file system copies (not going to get into NFS, etc. debate). What you are looking for is sftp/scp which is implemented by Net::SFTP. Conveniently Net::SFTP also provides a 'do_mkdir' method. A combination of the do_mkdir and put methods should fix you up. A warning/caveat: Net::SFTP is significantly slower than standard openssh's 'scp' I suspect because the encryption/decryption is handled in Perl rather than C though mileage may vary. Other viable solutions are available if this becomes a problem, but they involve shelling out which is not nearly as elegant. http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
