[Ssh-sftp-perl-users] Using Net::SSH2 as a file handle

[Bryan B. <br...@bu...>]

Greetings, Some time ago I used Net::SSH::Perl, but gave it up for Expect.
 Now I'm back looking at Net::SSH2, but would still like to put expect on
top of it.  I want to use Net::SSH2 because it appears thread safe, while
spawining a process with a tty in expect for perl is not.

What I want to do is create a Net::SSH2 object, connect, get an
interactive shell, and interact with it via a file handle.  Then i can use
expect on top of that and do whatever I like.

I dont fully understand channels, but from what I remember with
Net::SSH::Perl, a new channel had to be created every time you sent a
command.  But now there is a Net::SSH2::Channel->shell() function, perhaps
there is a way to launch a shell on a channel and interact with that?

I see Net::SSH2::Channel is itself a tied filehandle, but attempts to
directly manipulate that dont result in what I expected.

Thanks.

Bryan
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/rover