Batch files for DOS

[gideon27]

I'm not much of a DOS expert and need a hand. I am running a dos command called pscp that connects to a remote server to transfer files. This command requires a password to be entered after the command and its parameters has been entered. I am trying to write a DOS batch file that will automate this because I have to run it several times. What do I need to do in the batch to get the password to be sent to the prompt and entered when the prompt requests it. I want it to be done without having to hit anymore keys after the batch is running.

[OuTpaTienT]

Have ya tried this first? (from PuTTY User Manual. Note red highlighted command-line option.)

5.2 PSCP Usage

Once you've got a console window to type into, you can just type pscp on its own to bring up a usage message. This tells you the version of PSCP you're using, and gives you a brief summary of how to use PSCP:

Z:\owendadmin>pscp
PuTTY Secure Copy client
Release 0.53
Usage: pscp [options] [user@]host:source target
pscp [options] source [source...] [user@]host:target
pscp [options] -ls user@host:filespec
Options:
-p preserve file attributes
-q quiet, don't show statistics
-r copy directories recursively
-v show verbose messages
-load sessname Load settings from saved session
-P port connect to specified port
-l user connect with specified username
-pw passw login with specified password
-1 -2 force use of particular SSH protocol version
-C enable compression
-i key private key file for authentication
-batch disable all interactive prompts
-unsafe allow server-side wildcards (DANGEROUS)

[meese]

Welcome to the forum.

Read through this link. I believe you will find the answer there.

http://www.tartarus.org/~simon/puttydoc/Chapter5.html

[gideon27]

Thanks both of you. I didn't even know that the -pw was an option on that command. Problem solved.