I am writting a script that will download file from another host and
run as a scheduled task on my windows 2003 server. I would the script
to notify me when there are problems.

For testing the notification when the script fails, I am running the
script with an invalid password and it just hangs there after the
password fails. I would like to just return a status code to tell me
that it failed, but the only way to stop the job is to hit Crtl-C. Is
there a way around this?

See Below, If I don't use Crtl-C it will stay at "disconnected"
forever.. Thanks.

U:\>pscp -scp -v -batch -pw XXXXX mpsftptest@tools:* .
Looking up host "tools"
Connecting to 192.168.1.7 port 22
Server version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.5p1
We claim version: SSH-2.0-PuTTY_Release_0.60
Using SSH protocol version 2
Doing Diffie-Hellman group exchange
Doing Diffie-Hellman key exchange with hash SHA-1
Host key fingerprint is:
ssh-rsa 1024 e1:38:f5:d2:6f:fd:ee:92:66:d0:5b:7a:86:32:bd:de
Initialised AES-256 CBC client->server encryption
Initialised HMAC-SHA1 client->server MAC algorithm
Initialised AES-256 CBC server->client encryption
Initialised HMAC-SHA1 server->client MAC algorithm
Using username "mpsftptest".
Keyboard-interactive authentication refused
Sent password
Access denied
Access denied
Disconnected: Unable to authenticate
^C
U:\>

natambu@obleton.com <natambu@gmail.com> writes:
>For testing the notification when the script fails, I am running the
>script with an invalid password and it just hangs there after the
>password fails. I would like to just return a status code to tell me
>that it failed, but the only way to stop the job is to hit Crtl-C.

I'm afraid this is a known bug in 0.60.
<http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/pscp-psftp-fail-hang.html>

It's fixed in the nightly development snapshots, and should be fixed in
the next release, whenever that happens.

>Is there a way around this?

Not that I know of, other than using a snapshot version.

On Aug 5, 1:16pm, Jacob Nevins <jac...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> nata...@obleton.com <nata...@gmail.com> writes:
> >For testing the notification when the script fails, I am running the
> >script with an invalid password and it just hangs there after the
> >password fails. I would like to just return a status code to tell me
> >that it failed, but the only way to stop the job is to hit Crtl-C.
>
> I'm afraid this is a known bug in 0.60.
> <http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/pscp-psftp...>
>
> It's fixed in the nightly development snapshots, and should be fixed in
> the next release, whenever that happens.
>
> >Is there a way around this?
>
> Not that I know of, other than using a snapshot version.


Thank you. I will use the snapshot version for now.