IDL, MATLAB scp command imbedding

For my IDL and MATLAB scripts, calling scp is as easy as using each language's system call, with command strings built up through normal concatination.

IDL:
In IDL it's the "spawn" command. Here are some nice tutorials with examples:

http://archive.stsci.edu/iue/manual/dacguide/node8.html
http://www.astro.virginia.edu/class/oconnell/astr511/idl_5.1_html/idl1a9.htm
http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/idl_html_help/SPAWN.html


MATLAB:
This shows a very fancy script, but it's just a wrapper for the system call that allows specification of an array of scenarios for the scp command. The take-away for me was to be sure to use the full path for the scp executable.

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/25256-scpsftp-from-matlab/content/ssh/scpfrommatlab.m

scp without password

Third or so post on this topic; I'm starting to get the hang of it these days. The routine is use ssh-keygen -t rsa, generate keys, scp the public key to the remote host's .ssh/authorized_keys file.

http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/2700
http://rcsg-gsir.imsb-dsgi.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/documents/internet/node31.html
http://www.unix.com/unix-advanced-expert-users/106524-scp-without-password.html
http://mindspill.net/computing/linux-notes/ssh-or-scp-without-password/