Date:         Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:35:02 -0400
Reply-To:     Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject:      Re: OT: How to make a file transfer automatic?
Comments: To: dyang@CHAPINHALL.ORG

Duck-Hye,

Does SSH provide command language access?  If so, you could either simply
put that code in a .bat file, or run it from SAS (possibly with an X
command), and then include the line for running the SAS code.

'Scheduled tasks' will simply run the code, whichever you choose, at
designated intervals.  I posted some code on the list, about a month or so
ago, which showed how one can include code in a .bat file to test file
dates and sizes.  By using the same approach in running the task as a .bat
file, you can set up a loop to continue the process until the file is
actually replaced.

HTH,
Art
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:23:05 -0500, Duck-Hye Yang <dyang@CHAPINHALL.ORG>
wrote:

>Hello,
>I'd like to schedule a file transfer at a set time, say every night
(12AM).
>I have an account on a Secure FTP server to transfer files.
>Routinely I use 'SSH Secure File Transfer' to download files to my PC
machine (operating on Windows-XP).
>
>I'd like to know how to make the transfer job automatic.
>I've heard that I can use 'add scheduled task' from Control Panel.
However, I realized that first of all I need to write a program.
>
>Thanks,
>Duckhye