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Re: IDL_IDLBridge, spawn, and sftp, oh my! [message #87479 is a reply to message #87478]

Wed, 05 February 2014 23:27

Helder Marchetto
Messages: 520
Registered: November 2011

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On Thursday, February 6, 2014 5:46:05 AM UTC+1, Gianguido Cianci wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I am trying use IDL_IDLBridge to run a batch file containing spawn command that uses sftp to retrieve a file. If there is a more direct way, I would love to know. I'm on MacOSX and the sftp server is linux. and I'm using ssh public keys so i don't have to enter the password every time.
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> The issue is that while the file is sftp'ing, I'd like to do other things...
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> so an idl_idlBridge object->Execute with a /nowait seems like a good idea. Here is the code:
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> ;;;;;;;;;;;begin code
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> file='myfile' ;<-generated on the fly actually
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> oBridge = OBJ_NEW('IDL_IDLBridge')
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> cmd2 = "scp server.internet.com:"+file+" ."
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> openw,lun, 'dummy.pro', /get_lun
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> printf,lun,'spawn, "'+cmd2+'"'
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> close, lun
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> obridge->execute, "@dummy.pro", /nowait
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> COMMAND1
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> COMMAND2
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> COMMAND3
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> while oBridge->status() ne 0 do wait, 0.1 ;check that oBridge is done every .1s
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> ;now that oBridge (and the three COMMAND lines) are done, proceed...
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> ;;;;;;;;;;;end code
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> so the file dummy.pro is created and contains:
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> spawn, "scp server.internet.com:file ."
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> I can run it with @ at the IDL> prompt, but the IDL_IDLBridge won't run it.
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> any ideas on how to make this work? or even better on how to do this better?
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> Many thanks,
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> G

Hi Guido,
just a guess: it might be that idl_idlbridge is looking for @dummy.pro in the wrong directory. Try to check that (maybe with pwd).

Regards,
Helder

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		IDL_IDLBridge, spawn, and sftp, oh my! By: cgguido on Wed, 05 February 2014 20:46
		Re: IDL_IDLBridge, spawn, and sftp, oh my! By: Helder Marchetto on Wed, 05 February 2014 23:27
		Re: IDL_IDLBridge, spawn, and sftp, oh my! By: Helder Marchetto on Wed, 05 February 2014 23:49
		Re: IDL_IDLBridge, spawn, and sftp, oh my! By: cgguido on Fri, 07 February 2014 12:52

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