Re^2: Escaping special characters in filename for Net::SCP

$scp->put(quotemeta) yields:

Couldn't transfer `/real/file->name': \/real\/file\-\>name: No such file or directory

$scp->put(qq|'$_'|) yields:

Couldn't transfer `/real/file->name': bash: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
bash: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
lost connection

D'Oh!

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Re^3: Escaping special characters in filename for Net::SCP by samizdat (Vicar) on Mar 29, 2005 at 15:45 UTC
What a gross mess, blazar. Anything other than something like the following is not worth your time: `use File::Copy; $basedir='/path/to/files'; $foo = $_; $foo =~ s#/#slash#g; $foo =~ s#->#arrow#g; $fubar = "$basedir/$_"; copy($fubar, "$basedir/$foo"); $scp->put("$basedir/$foo"); system('rm', "$basedir/$foo") && die "Can't remove $foo:$!\n";` [download] with appropriate my's and stricts as appropriate.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Escaping special characters in filename for Net::SCP by blazar (Canon) on Mar 29, 2005 at 17:42 UTC
I must say that in the meantime I've happily switched to Net::SFTP, so no more problems on the practical side of things. Still slightly curious if it would have been possible to do it with Net::SCP and if so, how. Net::SFTP seems a superior solution in any case...	[reply]
Re^5: Escaping special characters in filename for Net::SCP by samizdat (Vicar) on Mar 30, 2005 at 13:34 UTC
sftp is better than scp, so I'm not surprised that Net::SFTP is better. I don't know if scp is being kept up with all of the latest OpenSSH ports, either. Don't use it myself. :) In any event, glad you're past it! :D	[reply]


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