Re: Command Line Script

--- Steve Douville <php@douville.net> wrote: > I'm trying to write something to run as a cron job that will > perform an sftp command and then run a batch file. I was trying > to use: > > system("sftp user@host") > > But that stalls and waits for a password before continuing with > the script. Any ideas on how to pass the password when it's > prompted? Yes, you have to use a language like Expect. If you want to stick with PHP, you're better off using an ssh key, so that you're not prompted for the password. Hope that helps. Chris ===== Chris Shiflett - http://shiflett.org/ PHP Security - O'Reilly HTTP Developer's Handbook - Sams Coming December 2004 http://httphandbook.org/