Hi I'm trying to avoid creating ssh keys for this I was hoping to write it all in to applescript.
This is what I have.
I've done lots of searches, but not quite getting the right outcome.
Matt
set ShellS to "rsync -aE --progress --delete --exclude=\"._*\" /Volumes/Images/2014-2015 StudioB@StudioBs-iMac.local:/Volumes/ImagesB/ "
do shell scriptShellS
Mac Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)
You are failing to tell rsync to sync via ssh for one thing.
rsync -aE --progress --delete --exclude="._*" -e ssh /Volumes/Images/2014-2015 StudioB@StudioBs-iMac.local:/Volumes/ImagesB/
You are also using the -E option which will copy files in AppleDouble format then you are attempting to exclude the ._ files which the -E option creates. Beyond these points, attempting to pass a password to ssh via a shell script is problematic.
You are failing to tell rsync to sync via ssh for one thing.
rsync -aE --progress --delete --exclude="._*" -e ssh /Volumes/Images/2014-2015 StudioB@StudioBs-iMac.local:/Volumes/ImagesB/
You are also using the -E option which will copy files in AppleDouble format then you are attempting to exclude the ._ files which the -E option creates. Beyond these points, attempting to pass a password to ssh via a shell script is problematic.
Thanks, that did help, I wondered what all those extra files were,
Now searching the net this is where I am at., But I get the error
error "invalid command name \"rsync\"
while executing
\"rsync -a --progress --delete --exclude=\"._*\" -e ssh /Volumes/Images/2014-2015 StudioB@StudioBs-iMac.local:/Volumes/ImagesB/ \"" number 1
set sshPasswd to "PSW"
set ShellS to "rsync -a --progress --delete --exclude=\"._*\" -e ssh /Volumes/Images/2014-2015 StudioB@StudioBs-iMac.local:/Volumes/ImagesB/
expect {
\"Password:\" {
send \"" & sshPasswd & "\\r\"
exp_continue
}
\"yes/no?\" {
send \"yes\\r\"
exp_continue
}
}"
do shell script "expect <<<" & quoted form of ShellS
I'm going to suggest that you develop and test your shell script/commands in the shell environment before you attempt to incorporate them into AppleScript.
You can use an expect script. The script should spawn the rsync command. Of course, using plain text passwords in a script is a VERY bad idea. While I feel wrapping such a script in AppleScript is unnecessary, Hiroto has/had a number of examples embedding shell scripts within AppleScript on this forum.
Good luck
Create the ssh keys — that's how this stuff is meant to work, and it avoids having a hard-coded password. Either create the plain ssh keys, or preferably create keys with passphrases. There are various examples of using ssh-keygen around the 'net, though the details can vary by the particular target system. The OS X command is ssh-keygen -t dsa or similar, then you copy and configure the public key on the target system. Here's an older discussion.
Add Password to Shell Script for ssh
