Expect the Unexpected
Problem
Need to automate an rsync to a fileserver and, unfortunately, required to authenticate using a password.
Solution
Use expect...
#!/usr/bin/expect
set timeout 20
set password [lindex $argv 0]
spawn rsync -av --no-p --no-g /media/ryant/My\ Book/Photo/ user@10.10.10.12:/Data/Public/Photos/
expect …