THANK YOU! JB
> On Jun 24, 2017, at 9:05 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > JB wrote: >> I really did not use the shell command before I started posting >> the c and java code. >> >> I was starting to learn Python and would love to know hoe to >> use the shell to integrate it into Livecode stacks. >> >> In fact I would love any shell examples! > > Here's a quickie off the top of my head (read "Don't sue me if it needs > tweaking to work" <g>) for using rsync to back up a local folder to a folder > on a remote server. > > on mouseUp > put fld "SourceDir" into tSrc > put fld "DestDir" into tDest > put fld "User" into tUser > put fld "Server" into tServer > put fld "PortNumber" into tPort > if tPort is not empty then put "-p " before tPort > -- > put "rsync -az "& tPort &"e& tSrc "e \ > &"e& tUser &"@" & tServer & ":" & \ > tDest "e into tCmd > put shell(tCmd) > end mouseUp > > > Note: LC's shell function isn't interactive of course, so you'll want to set > up a shared SSH key on the server first for passwordless login. > > If you haven't done it before you'll be glad you did, and even more glad when > you've tested that it works well so you can turn off password login > altogether (ah, such slender auth.logs after that <g>). > > This is a good guide on setting up shared SSH keys: > <https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-ssh-keys--2> > > If you need to handle passwords or other interactions in shell, I don't know > of a platform-indendent way to do that. But in Linux (and maybe Mac if you > install via Homebrew) you can use Expect. > > Here are some examples of using Expect with bash: > <http://www.admin-magazine.com/Articles/Automating-with-Expect-Scripts> > > I had started down the road of making a server management toolkit in LC a > while back, but time's hard to come by so I'll likely be using Ansible for > that soon. If I can turn up any of my LC experiments mixing bash and Expect > in shell calls I'll post 'em. > > Like most uses of shell, it's just like using the command line but with a lot > of confusing concatenation. :) > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
