scp not working in expect script

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi All,
I run the scp command in shell prompt without issue, but when on expect script as below:

#!/usr/bin/expect
spawn scp /var/spool/sms/failed.tar.gz abc@10.10.12.2:/home/abc
expect "abc@10.10.12.2's password: "
send "abcfef\r"
exit 0

   It looks not working at all and the tar file never transfer from local machine to remote machine.
    Anyone have any idea?
2

Add the full path of the scp in the script.

[root@client ~] which scp
/usr/bin/scp

Print the error you have got to investigate more on it.

3

Hi
When I run debug mode i get below error:

root@debian:~# expect -d copyfiles 
expect version 5.45
argv[0] = expect  argv[1] = -d  argv[2] = copyfiles  
set argc 0
set argv0 "copyfiles"
set argv ""
executing commands from command file copyfiles
spawn /usr/bin/scp /var/spool/sms/failed.tar.gz abc@10.10.12.2:/home/abc
parent: waiting for sync byte
parent: telling child to go ahead
parent: now unsynchronized from child
spawn: returns {13593}

expect: does "" (spawn_id exp6) match glob pattern "elaine@10.10.12.2's password: "? no
elaine@10.10.12.2's password: 
expect: does "abc@10.10.12.2's password: " (spawn_id exp6) match glob pattern "abc@10.10.12.2's password: "? yes
expect: set expect_out(0,string) "abc@10.10.12.2's password: "
expect: set expect_out(spawn_id) "exp6"
expect: set expect_out(buffer) "abc@10.10.12.2's password: "
send: sending "pass.word\r" to { exp6 }

Any idea how to resolve it?

4

Stupid question, but could you ditch expect and use scp in batch mode? It may require setting up an SSH key pair, but assuming you are allowed to do such a thing it would make your life an awful lot easier.

Andrew