From: Pau Garcia i Quiles <pgquiles@...>
Date: 2006-09-08T04:32:31+09:00
Subject: Re: calling scp from ruby

Quoting Paul Lutus <nospam@nosite.zzz>:

Why won't you use Net::SFTP instead of calling the external scp?

> Seid Rudy wrote:
>
>> I have a problem using "scp" from a ruby scrip. It copies my sql file to
>> the destination but it cuts the file the middle of line 290.
>> When i run scp manually i the copied file is normal.
>>
>> I am using `` to call the unix command
>>
>> Dir.chdir(sql_folder)
>> `scp -r #{sql_folder} #{remotelogin}:#{remotesqlfolder}/#{document_id}`
>>
>> Do you have any idea what i am doing wrong?
>
> I want to emphasize this is just an off-the-wall guess. The `backticked
> code` is being forked, the parent process terminates prematurely, and the
> forked process is killed, also prematurely.
>
> Have you tried "system" instead of back-ticks? "system" returns a process
> completion code, therefore it must wait until the process completes.
>
> --
> Paul Lutus
> http://www.arachnoid.com
>
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