smbclient

loopoo · 03-15-2006, 08:54 AM

Hello all!

I am using smbclient to access a windows share. I am trying to automate a script that will copy all the files in a folder.

When connecting manually, I have to accept with "y" for each file for "mget *". Is there a way to avoid this in a script?? So it will copy all the files in the share in my local directory??

Thanks in advance,
Chris

marozsas · 03-15-2006, 10:57 AM

Not answering your question directly, but the command smbtar is more usefull to do that ...

loopoo · 03-15-2006, 11:13 AM

Thanks for your suggestion.

I will still be contraint to use smbclient.

The solution somenone else recommeded me: "yes | smbclient ..."

Chris

morgolis · 03-15-2006, 02:39 PM

A shot in the dark here... try: mget -y <remainder syntax>

loopoo · 03-16-2006, 03:37 AM

Hi morgolis!

I have tried your solution too, but it seems it doesn't work, at least on my system. I am on AIX 4.3.

Thanks,
Chris.

spooon · 03-16-2006, 05:35 AM

You can also mount the share ("mount -t cifs ..." or "mount -t smbfs ...") if you're root and then use it like a normal filesystem.

loopoo · 03-16-2006, 06:53 AM

Thanks for your suggestion, but I am not root on this system.
As I said, I must use smbclient.

Chris.

marozsas · 03-16-2006, 07:50 AM

Use the prompt command. It is a toggle command which enable/disable the confirmation question.

Code:

miguel@gold:/tmp> smbclient //myserver/myshare -U user%password
Domain=[MYGROUP] OS=[Windows 5.0] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
smb: \> prompt
smb: \> mget *
getting file xxxxxxxxxxx of size 276480 as xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (5192.3 kb/s) (average 5192.3 kb/s)
getting file zzzzzzzzzzzzz of size 299520 as zzzzzzzzzzzzz (4119.7 kb/s) (average 4573.2 kb/s)
smb: \>

loopoo · 03-16-2006, 08:04 AM

Thanks a lot. This works great and is the best solution for me.

Chris