Re: keyboard macro to record scp (password)

[Tim X]

C K Kashyap <ckkashyap@gmail.com> writes:

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>     Then I am afraid I don't know how to do this from emacs. According to
>     my understanding this has to be solved on the ssh side.
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>     Also if what you are editing is inside the zip file, then you can still
>     edit it with emacs. Just open it like a regular text file, emacs will
>     list all its contents which you can then edit.
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>     I hope this helps.
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> Let me generalize this a bit - I'd like to automate interactive command line
> apps. Is there a generic solution in emacs for this.
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> I've never got expect to work - but I guess that's the kind of solution I am
> looking for. An arbitrary sleep is a little to fragile.
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> Regards,
> Kashyap 
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Why do you want to use an editor to automate a process that does not
seem to involve editing - expect seems like the perfect tool for what
your trying to do - even a simple bash script could work and would be
easier than what your trying to do.

Tim

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