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shellsftpexpect
hi4ppl
hi4ppl

Reputation: 625

can't create folder with expect script

I have this script 

#!/usr/bin/expect

set DATE [exec date +%F]
spawn sftp [email protected]
expect "password:"
send "password\n"
expect "sftp>"
send "cd /getfile/$DATE/ \n"
expect "sftp>"
send "lcd /putfile/ \n"
expect "sftp>"
send "mkdir $DATE"
expect "sftp>"
send "lcd /putfile/$DATE \n"
expect "sftp>"
send "mget *.* \n"
expect "sftp>"

send "quit \n"

everything works here, but it does not create the directory. The error is:

cant create directory

I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Any help would be appreciated.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3125

Answers (1)

Jens
Jens

Reputation: 72717

If you want to download files to a local new directory, why not create this directory with expect's exec instead of with sftp?

#!/usr/bin/expect

set DATE [exec date +%F]
exec mkdir "$DATE"
cd "$DATE"
spawn ...

Upvotes: 5

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