[Fwd: Cygwin 1.5.9 on Windows XP using ssh within perl]

[Gerrit P. Haase]

Lucy Upchurch wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a perl script running on another machine.  within the perl script 
> I do an ssh to the XP machine running cygwin 1.5.9.  The command I use is:
> 
> ssh XPPC dir /home/myfiles
> 
>  >From within the perl script I receive the following error:
> 
> Remote pc cmd failed:  ssh XPPC dir /home/myfiles
> 
> If I do this same command from a shell remotely, it gives me a listing 
> of my directory on the pc.
> 
> I have generated all my keys so I am not prompted for a password from 
> the command line. Do I need something to redirect my output to the 
> remote machine?  I am just trying to count the files within the directory.
> 
> Thanks for any assistance.


Send a simple testcase please (per script with relevant parts).

And please attache the output of cygcheck -svr according to the
guidelines from here: http://cygwin.com/problems.html


Gerrit

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