Need help with a .sh script

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi. I'm trying to copy file from my pc to a vps server.
I thought about .sh script:

  1. ./copy.sh thing1 path/on/my/pc/something.jar
    It should upload something.jar from my pc to /home/meh1 /home/meh2 and /home/meh3 (these 3 paths are located on vps)
    .
  2. ./copy.sh thing2 path/on/my/pc/something.jar
    It should copy something.jar from my pc to /home/huh (only 1 path and located on vps)
    .
  3. ./copy.sh thing3 path/on/my/pc/something.jar
    It should copy something.jar from my pc to /home/pizza (only 1 path and located on vps)

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Thanks for advices :slight_smile:

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What shell does the VPS use? bash?
Assuming several things you did not mention, I am guessing the VPS disk is not mounted on your PC as some disk named like D:

You can probably use ftp to copy, you can also get puTTy, pscp for your PC free.
See: http://www.putty.org/

pscp is your best choice. It works like the cp command in UNIX or the copy command in windows. You run it on your PC.

So, what I am saying: you need other stuff on your PC to do what you want. You cannot run things on the VPS without FIRST allowing windows a way to talk to the VPS. This is by far the least complicated.

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Im using arch Linux on my pc and Debian on vps :wink: I also know what the putty is... I've asked for help with .sh script which im gonna launch on my pc in order to send these files faster.

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How about scp?

scp localfile username@host:/path/to/localfile

If that's not enough, you'll need to make your question more specific. Right now we've got nothing to go with.

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Well as far as i know it would ask me for a password many times + i can't use it in .sh. Or am I wrong?

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You can use it in sh, and there are ways to set up a key file in advance to prevent it asking for a password. Its the exact same problem - and protocol - as passwordless ssh.

SSH login without password

You can copy more than one file per scp, by the way.

scp file1 file2 file3 file4 username@host:/path/to/destination
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