Question

I have one server which has nothing but xls log files. Each file is 5-15Mb and it is dynamic in the sense that files get added at any point of time. Now I need a way to do the following process using Ruby.

1. Copy a file by sending the filename from one server which has nothing but log files to another server.
2. I need to pass the server password as an argument.
3. Everything happens in the background, which is triggered from a Ruby script.

Answer 1

This is how it worked

I used the net-ssh & net-scp gem as suggested by @theTinMan and i was able to copy my files.

require 'rubygems'
require 'net/ssh'
require 'net/scp'

Net::SSH.start("ip_address", "username",:password => "*********") do |session|
  session.scp.download! "/home/logfiles/2-1-2012/login.xls", "/home/anil/Downloads"
end

and to a copy a entire folder

require 'rubygems'
require 'net/ssh'
require 'net/scp'

Net::SSH.start("ip_address", "username",:password => "*********") do |session|
  session.scp.download!("/home/logfiles/2-1-2012", "/home/anil/Downloads",  :recursive => true)
end