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Hi all,
I'm pretty new at scripting and and just have done some simple scripts - so my hope is that someone of you is able to help me.

We have a program running, which does include database, but also a "Zone" and kind of a Certificate. The Backup of the database is not a problem, but the Certificate and the Zone. When I backup those, it asks for a passphrase to enter. It works manually, but I would like to do that with a script.
When I enter the backup command, it takes sometimes 3, sometimes 5 seconds until it asks for the passphrase.
Is there any way to give the passphrase in the script?
Any help and suggestions appreciated,
Tom

Hi tunix,

yah,

' would use expect which is not a bash matter.

You can always try to pass it via STDIN, but most programs does not allow this.

For example, the STDIN directional syntax is the "<<<" part.


MySQL takes from STDIN and passes it as a command on the prompt. I've seen applications which can do this with password requests also.
For example, if $password is set to "123qwe":


If this doesn't work then I'd recommend to use Expect, but that is not a bash issue.

Best regards
Fredrik Eriksson