Re: script to SFTP without NET::SFTP module

Mike Flannigan wrote:
> kscott.j@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> Does any one have a simple script to retrieve a file from a remote
>> server using SFTP?
>>
>> I can not use the net::stp module because I do not have the required
>> authority to add modules to our Perl interpeter.
>
> About a year ago I spent a half day trying to do this with no restrictions
> placed on me. I was unsuccessful.
> 
> In my searches I came to the conclusion that there was no publicly available
> method to get it done. I hope that is still not the case.

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This worries me. Not least because someone (Mike) thinks that half a day is fine
for getting a SFTP link working and tested, but also because Net::SFTP is a pure
Perl implementation and only needs a local copy of the Perl source of that module.

Where'd we go wrong guys?

Rob

• [Fwd: Re: script to SFTP without NET::SFTP module] by Mike Flannigan
• Re: script to SFTP without NET::SFTP module by Rob Dixon