09 Jan 08 SFTP in batch mode
Posted by Hans-Henry Jakobsen
This post describes how you use sftp in batch mode. If you don’t want to type in your password read my SSH without a password post.
Create a file named myCommands.sftp that contains the commands you want to run. My file looks like this
# Change to your desired directory locally lcd /data/Hattori # Change to the desired directory on the remote server cd /backup # Transfer all remote files locally get * # We're done with this session bye
Next you run the sftp session
sftp -b myCommands.sftp example.com
That should be all that is necessary to download your files from the remote server.
This example could easily have been extended with a crontab entry.
