SMBCLIENT multiple file using mask w/o Prompt

[Tom Stoner]

I am using smbclient to copy files generated on a Sun box to an NT box.
I have the syntax worked out

smbclient //server/share passwd -U username -c 'recurse;mput *.ext'

I keep getting prompted for Y/N in the script. Obviously for a cron job
this is somewhat defeating of purpose.

The "i" switch that you normally use to disable interactive in ftp
client can't be used because it designates scope in smbclient.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Tom Stoner
Systems Engineer
Bessemer Trust

[Tozz]

Hi

> I am using smbclient to copy files generated on a Sun box to an NT box.
> I have the syntax worked out
>

> smbclient file://server/share passwd -U username -c 'recurse;mput *.ext'

>
> I keep getting prompted for Y/N in the script. Obviously for a cron job
> this is somewhat defeating of purpose.
>
> The "i" switch that you normally use to disable interactive in ftp
> client can't be used because it designates scope in smbclient.

I would mount the share with smbmount, lets say something like this:

smbmount file://server/share /mnt/ntserver/share -o username=me,password=me

(please note that the file:// does not suppose to be there, but Outlook
likes to make changes to my text)

Anyway, now you can just copy any files from and to the share as you would
do as it were a local disk.

After that you can unmount the share (if neccesary) by doing umount
/mnt/ntserver/share

Bye
Tozz

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[Andrew Williams]

bad move.
smbmount only works under Linux and this is Solaris.

Tozz wrote:

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[Andrew Williams]

Clearing up my desk before I leave this job (after 14 years . . .), I came
across this bit of paper from 14-April 1999.
Someone in France had the same problem, and one Robert Campbell at
http://www.cadvision.com said:

what you need to do is a "prompt" before the "mget" to shut off prompting.
smbclient //server/share -c "prompt;cd somelocation;mget somefiles"

I assume he knew what he was talking about and hope this helps.

Tom Stoner wrote:

> I am using smbclient to copy files generated on a Sun box to an NT box.
> I have the syntax worked out
>

> smbclient //server/share passwd -U username -c 'recurse;mput *.ext'

>
> I keep getting prompted for Y/N in the script. Obviously for a cron job
> this is somewhat defeating of purpose.
>
> The "i" switch that you normally use to disable interactive in ftp
> client can't be used because it designates scope in smbclient.
>

> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Stoner
> Systems Engineer
> Bessemer Trust

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