Passing SCP password in a script

Question

Dear all,
I am passing a file from one server to another using scp. It asks for password to do with the command
scp -r /file_path/filename 10.10.80.80:/target_path, I want to schedule it in a script, how can I pass the password to scp in a script, or is there a way ro pass the password for as scp as argument in its command.
Regards,
Charan

Answer 1

For example: use curl to copy the file testme.txt from aaa.example.com to bbb.example.com, using account name oracle
Connect to host aaa:
$ ssh [email protected]
Create a known entry (fingerprint) for bbb.example.com in the ssh .known_hosts file:
$ ssh [email protected]
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
(Warning: Permanently added 'bbb.example.com' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
Create a test file and copy it to bbb.example.com using curl
$ echo "must not be empty" > testme.txt
$ curl -T testme.txt -u oracle:your_password scp://bbb.example.com/u02/backup
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     7      0     29 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--    29Note: you will need a recent version of curl to support scp.