Re: [Ssh-sftp-perl-users] Executing Command FIles (KSH) not Simply One-line Commands

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

> I'm running into a situation here where I need to connect to remote
> servers using this module and be able to execute kron shell file commands
> i.e. .ksh. The idea here is to be able to do it while these ksh files are
> residing locally where the perl code is run and not on the remote servers.
> This is to centralized the code all in one location.
> - Can this be done?
> - If not, can any one suggest workarounds or other solutions?
> - How do admins manage the code that needs to run on 100's of remote
> servers ?
>


Its pretty simple, load the entire shell file into a scalar variable, and
run that as a command over the channel.  If you use return codes to check
the result its even more trivial as Net::SSH2 and/or Net::SSH::Perl gives
you the return code of the channel.

Hope that helps.


Bryan
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