TLDR; Convert the bash line to download sftp files get Inbox/* to c++ or python. We do not have execute permissions on Inbox directory.
I am trying to read the files present in a directory in a remote server through SFTP. The catch is that I only had read and write permissions on the directory and not execute. This means any method that requires opening (cding) into the folder would fail. I need to read the file names since they are variable. From what I understand ls does not require execute privs. If I can get a list of files in the directory then reading then would be fine. Here is the directory structure:
Inbox
--file-a.txt
--file_b.txt
...
I have tried libssh but sftp_readdir required a handle of the open directory. I also looked at paramiko for python but that too requires to open the directory to read the file names.
I am able to do this in bash using send "get Inbox/* ${destination_dir}". Is there anyway I can use a similar pattern match but on c++ or python?
Also, I cannot execute bash commands through my binary. Does anyone know of any library in python or c++ (preferred) that would support this?
I have not posted here in a while so please excuse me if I am not following the formatting. I will learn from your suggestions. Thank you!
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I need to write a script that synchronizes local files with a remote machine.
My file structure is:
ProjectFolder/
.git/
input/
output/
classes/
main.py
readme.md
I need to synchronize everything, but:
completely ignore .git folder
ignore files in input and output folders, but copy the folder
So far my code is:
open sftp://me:password#server -hostkey="XXXXXXXX"
option batch abort
option confirm off
synchronize remote "C:\Users\MYNAME\Documents\MY FOLDER\Python Projects\ProjectFolder" "/home/MYNAME/py_proj/ProjectFolder" -filemask="|C:\Users\MYNAME\Documents\MY FOLDER\Python Projects\ProjectFolder\.git"
close
exit
First question: it doesn't seems to work.
Second question, how to add mask for input and output folder if I have spaces in file paths?
Thanks to all in advance.
Masks for directories have to end with a slash.
To exclude files in a specific folder, use something like */folder/*
-filemask="|.git\;*/input/*;*/output/*"
Trying to connect to SFTP connection where there are few CSV files placed in folders and want to download multiple files at once
The directory is exports/payroll_exports.
There are 3 files there for now:
vani_payroll_bayshore_21323_232.csv
vani_payroll_bayshore_21344_256.csv
vani_payroll_bayshore_124523_888.csv
How to use a get command where I can write get vani_payroll_bayshore%.csv?
I plan to add the get command to a script like this:
option batch on
option confirm off
open sftp:.... -hostkey= "...."
cd exports/payroll_exports
lcd "\\....."
get ( don't know how to write the wildcard syntax)
close
exit
WinSCP uses the common file wildcard syntax as most other applications.
To match anything of any length, use *.
get vani_payroll_bayshore*.csv
See WinSCP masks documentation.
slapd executable file is not present in /etc/rc.d/init.d and also slapd.d directory is not present.
Please suggest me how to create it.
PS: I am able to start ldap with file "/usr/local/libexec/slapd"
I want to download only new files from one SFTP server using WinSCP.
Suppose, I have 10 files in source and destination today.
Tomorrow one new file may be added to the source. In this scenario, I want to copy the new file only into destination.
I am using below script:
open sftp_connection
cd /path
option transfer binary
get "*.txt" localpath
close
exit
By using above, I am able to copy all files, but I want only new files which are not available in destination.
Thanks,
Srikrishna.
The easiest solution is to add -neweronly switch to your get command:
get -neweronly *.txt C:\local\path\*
For a very similar results, you can also use synchronize command:
synchronize local . C:\local\path -filemask=*.txt
See also WinSCP article on Downloading the most recent file.
I have a number of zip files located in a single folder eg:
file1.gz
file2.gz
file3.gz
file4.gz
I'm looking for a way of automatically unzipping these using a batch job to a similarly named folder structure so for example the contents of file1.gz will drop into a folder named file1.
I have been told that 7zip would address my issue but can't figure out how to go about it.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Which OS are you using? This is something you'd do using the shell's capabilities, you could write
for A in *.gz ; do gunzip $A ; done
I'm using gunzip here, because .gz is actually gzip, But you can use the 7zip CLI tool as well, of course. If you're on Windows, then I recommend installing a real shell (the standard cmd.exe can not really be considered a shell IMHO).