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FTP via SSH in Ruby

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Contents

Introduction

Basically you want to FTP some files from your machine to another server using SSH and don't mind using Ruby Language to achieve that.

What you'll need

Skills needed: Ruby Software required: Ruby, Ruby Gems


Introduction

What you'll need

Code and Explanation

require 'rubygems'

require 'net/ssh' require 'net/sftp' require 'ftools'

local_directory = 'local_files' remote_directory = '/root/remote_directory'

host = 'upload.server.com' port = '12345' username = 'test1234' password = 'secretpassword'

files_to_upload = ['1.xml','2.xml','3.xml']

session = Net::SSH.start(host, port, username, password)

session.sftp.connect do |sftp| 

 files_to_upload.each do |file_name|
   sftp.put_file("#{local_directory}/#{file_name}", "#{remote_directory}/#{file_name}")
   puts "Finished copying #{file_name}"
 endInsert non-formatted text here

end

session.close

Suggested readings

Suggested readings

http://net-ssh.rubyforge.org/ http://www.rubygems.org/read/chapter/3

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