Re: Windoze:SFtp into a scalar

[NateTut]

in reply to Windoze:SFtp into a scalar

Thanks for the great suggestions & sample code. I'm hung up on trying to get Net::SSH2 installed. I tried

C:\Src\pl\ParseAWSEvents>ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms
+/Net-SSH2.ppd
ppm install failed: The PPD does not provide code to install for this 
+platform

I'm running ActiveState 5.10 BTW. I couldn't find Net::SSH2 in any of the repositories I've configured in ppm.

[salva]

Actually, Net::SSH2 is not absolutely required. As far as you use public key authentication, the default Net::SFTP::Foreign backend will happily use plink or openssh to connect to the remote server.

Though, in Windows, if you want to authenticate using a private password, things become harder because the module uses Expect to implement that feature but that module does not work under ActiveState (or Strawberry) Perl. An alternative is to pass the password to plink in the command line using the -pw switch but anyone able to log to the machine (or to run arbitrary programs there) will be able to see the password so I usually disrecommend this method. See the module FAQ.

[syphilis]

ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/Net-SSH2.ppd

That's the wrong command for perl 5.10. Instead try:

ppm install http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/PPMPackages/10xx/Net-SSH2.ppd

Cheers,
Rob

Update: Or, for all versions of Win32 perl from perl-5.6 thru to 5.12 (including x64 builds of 5.12) the following should now do the trick:

ppm install http://www.sisyphusion.tk/ppm/Net-SSH2.ppd