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Kashif
Asked: 2012-04-25 12:08:03 +0800 CST

Launch Linux Script remotely from Windows

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I have an rsync script that runs on one Linux server to synchronize files with another Linux server. Is there a way to launch a script on one of the Linux machines without actually opening an interactive ssh session to the server?

linux scripting remote-access windows-7 cross-platform

4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You should do it via a SSH command. You just need to setup plink.exe . You can download it at:
    http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

    Then, from a batch file like this one, exectute it:

    @ECHO off
:: run remote command
plink.exe username@myserver /cygwin/C/Users/username/do-backup.sh
ECHO Remote command finished...
PAUSE>nul
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  2. If you have a shell script, then consider Cywgin. It takes a while to install, but you get a full suite of common Linux tools running on Windows, so you won't have to change your script at all.

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  3. If you want to automate a task, you might consider plink. It actually uses ssh (or telnet or raw) to connect to another machine. But you can use it to connect and run a command in one line. Check putty documentation for more details:

    http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/docs.html

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  4. I understand that you have a pre-written script, but maybe you can get everything you need done with one of the many "rsync for cygwin repackages" like cwrsync and setting up a Windows scheduling job using cwrsync.

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