sftp in batchmode

[Rob Mooney]

I am trying to use sftp with OpenVMS V7.3-2 & TCPIP V5.4 ECO 2, using an input script or with the -b option.

Could anyone provide an example of the syntax of the batchfile.

Thanks

[Volker Halle]

Rob,

if I correctly understand the TCPIP V5.4 ECO 2 release notes:

13: Updates for SSH release notes
...
- ssh, sftp and scp do not work correctly in batch mode
...

it just doesn't work (yet ?!).

Volker.

[Rob Mooney]

Thanks, I found the line in the release notes.. that'll teach me to look in the obvious place first.

Anyone have any idea when the next ECO or fix for this is due, I was hoping that because I was copying from OpenVMS-OpenVMS I might be in luck.....
I work in a mixed Tru64 & OpenVMS environment & I love telling Tru64 Ops Staff that the feature the are boasting about was avavailable in VMS xx many years ago...

[Jan van den Ende]

Rob,

you can still tell them. The functionality _WAS_ , and _IS_ , using Decnet!

Cheers.

Have one on me.

Jan

[Uwe Zessin]

To me it sounds like the required main feature is encrypted traffic.
I don't think that was a standard 'DECnet' feature.

[Antoniov.]

Hi,
if sftp doesn't work in batch mode, can work in detached mode?

Antonio Vigliotti

[SDIH1]

I'm not sure what is meant by scp etc. not working correctly in batchmode. As long as you set it up with using publickey authorization and do not try to transfer non-stream_lf files it works ok, as far as I can see.

[SDIH1 · Accepted solution]

Sorry, had another look : In the ECO 4 relase notes still say 'does not function correctly in batch mode'but in the list of fixes it says this is corrected in ECO3.

[Ian Miller.]

See TCPIP V5.5 Release notes
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/82FINAL/tcprn/TCPIP055_RELEASE_NOTES.PDF
section 3.11.10

and TCPIP V5.4 ECO 4 release notes
http://www4.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?BC=nullpatch.breadcrumb.search|&patchid=DEC-AXPVMS-TCPIP_ECO-V0504-154-4&context=openvms:alpha:7.3-2