NAME
    Net::SCP::Expect - Wrapper for scp that allows passwords via Expect.

SYNOPSIS
    Example 1 - uses login method, longhand scp:

    "my $scpe = Net::SCP::Expect->new;"

    "$scpe->login('user name', 'password');"

    "$scpe->scp('file','host:/some/dir');"

    .

    Example 2 - uses constructor, shorthand scp:

    "my $scpe = Net::SCP::Expect->new(host=>'host', user=>'user',
    password=>'xxxx');"

    "$scpe->scp('file','/some/dir'); # 'file' copied to 'host' at
    '/some/dir'"

    .

    Example 3 - Copying from remote machine to local host

    "my $scpe = Net::SCP::Expect->new(user=>'user',password=>'xxxx');"

    "$scpe->scp('host:/some/dir/filename','newfilename');"

PREREQUISITES
    Expect 1.14. May work with earlier versions, but was tested with 1.14
    only.

DESCRIPTION
    This module is simply a wrapper around the scp call. The primary
    difference between this module and *Net::SCP* is that you may send a
    password programmatically, instead of being forced to deal with
    interactive sessions.

USAGE
    Net::SCP::Expect->new(*option=>val*,...)

    Creates a new object and optionally takes a series of options (see
    below).

    login(*login,password*)

    If the login and password are not passed as options to the constructor,
    they must be passed with this method. If they were already set, this
    method will overwrite them with the new values. Failure to pass a login
    or a password to this method will cause the program to croak.

    scp(*source, host:destination*);

    or

    scp(*host:source, destination*);

    or

    scp(*source, destination*); # Same as scp(*source, host:destination*)

    Copies the file from source to destination. If the host name is omitted
    from this method, then it is assumed that you are copying from the local
    machine to a remote destination on *host*. Of course, if you didn't
    specify a host, then you are simply using scp as an expensive version of
    cp.

    To copy from a remote location to your local machine, you must use the
    longhand form.

OPTIONS
    cipher - Selects the cipher to use for encrypting the data transfer.

    host - Specify the host name. This is only useful if you are copying
    from the local machine to a remote machine, but NOT vice-versa.

    password - The password for the given login.

    port - Use the specified port.

    preserve - Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from
    the original file.

    recursive - Set to 1 if you want to recursively copy entire directories.

    timeout - Sets the timeout value for your operation. The default is 10
    seconds.

    user - The login name you wish to use.

    verbose - Set to 1 if you want verbose output sent to STDOUT.

NOTES
    The -q option (disable progress meter) is automatically passed to scp.

    The -B option may NOT be set. If you don't want to send passwords, I
    recommend using *Net::SCP* instead.

    In the event that Ben Trott releases a version of *Net::SSH::Perl* that
    supports scp, I recommend using that instead.

FUTURE PLANS
    There are a few options I haven't implemented. If you *really* want to
    see them added, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

    A test suite

THANKS
    Thanks to Roland Giersig (and Austin Schutz) for the Expect module. Very
    handy.

AUTHOR
    Daniel Berger

    djberg96@hotmail.com