Net::SCP download from windows to linux and encrypt password

[Kalpesh Patel]

I am using Net::SCP to download/upload file. I am doing like this...

----
require 'net/scp'
session = Net::SCP.start("10.10.10.10", "username", assword =>
"password", :config => false)
sess.download! "/tmp/test.txt", "/root/"
----

It works well when the source machine is linux and path is like
"/tmp/test.txt". What if the source machine is Windows? My path would be
something like "C:\temp\test.txt" but it does not work. It throws error
"No such file or directory". Any idea how can I do that?

Also, the password I give in the start function above is in plain text.
How can I encrypt it and pass it with the function?

Thanks much,
-Kalpesh

 

[Tom Copeland]

I am using Net::SCP to download/upload file. I am doing like this...

----
require 'net/scp'
session = Net::SCP.start("10.10.10.10", "username", assword =>
"password", :config => false)
sess.download! "/tmp/test.txt", "/root/"
----

It works well when the source machine is linux and path is like
"/tmp/test.txt". What if the source machine is Windows? My path would be
something like "C:\temp\test.txt" but it does not work. It throws error
"No such file or directory". Any idea how can I do that?

Check out Tempfile:

http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/tempfile/rdoc/classes/Tempfile.html

Yours,

Tom