From: Alice Gheorghiu <gheorghiua@...>
Date: 2009-05-27T09:13:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Download csv file from secure web site (https

Reid Thompson wrote:
> Alice Gheorghiu wrote:
>> directly on my linux server?
>> Any insight/code-example will be deeply appreciated.
>> Thanks so much, -- Alice
> 
> can you ssh/scp directly to the secure http site (https) from a command 
> line on
> the linux host?
$ scp user_name@secure.http.site:/path/to/file
/path/to/download/to/filename
Tried ssh and I am getting error as follows in the ssh command:
$ ssh username@https://www.desired_website.com/pageWLinkToReport.php
$ ssh: https://www.desired_website.com/pageWLinkToReport.php: Name or 
service > not known
> If so, you should be able to setup a passwordless login for scp and get 
> the file
> via a cron'd job using scp (google  ssh passwordless login) - not possible yet
but maybe - I can ask the data provider to set our account up for 
automatic
download?
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