First off, I would download the latest source and compile it and link to
that.
Second depending on what app you are executing the app may output to stdout
or stderr and you need to call the appropriate channel read to get the feed.
For stderr it is libssh2_channel_read_stderr() i beieve or sg like that.
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Seth Grover <sethdgrover_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> First, let me say that I'm new to this list (and libssh2 in general),
> though I have spent the last several days researching, experimenting,
> and reading mailing list archives. I hope that from my reading of past
> mailing list submissions and the googling I've done that I'm not
> coming to you with an oft-asked question. If so, please excuse me.
>
> As for background on my system, I'm running my example on Ubuntu 9.10
> x86 with libssh2-1 version 1.1.1 package (in libssh2.h I have #define
> LIBSSH2_TIMESTAMP "Thu Apr 2 08:49:40 UTC 2009" and libssh2_version
> returns "1.1").
>
> I have slightly modified ssh2_exec.c for the purpose of this example.
> I have provided the code I'm working with on pastebin:
>
> http://pastebin.com/f2d9765eb
>
> The problem I'm encountering is this:
>
> When I run my program like so:
>
> ./ssh2_exec 1.2.3.4 user password 'ls -l /usr/lib'
>
> I sometimes don't get all of the data before the loop breaks. Note
> that the command 'ls -l /usr/lib' in my case is returning about 38000
> bytes. Sometimes I get all of the data, but sometimes I'll get output
> like this:
>
> -------------------------------------------
> 1.1
> Authentication by password succeeded
> libssh2_channel_read returned -37
> libssh2_channel_read returned -37
> libssh2_channel_read returned -37
> libssh2_channel_read returned -37
> libssh2_channel_read returned -37
> libssh2_channel_read returned 0
>
> EXIT: 0 bytecount: 0
> all done
> -------------------------------------------
>
> Note that in that case i didn't get ANY data, just
> LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN several times and then libssh2_channel_read
> returns 0 bytes, so the loop is exited. Other times I might read some
> of the data, but libssh2_channel_read returns 0 before I got all of
> it.
>
> I experimented with libssh2_channel_eof but it didn't seem to help me.
> What I did was modify the code right before the end of the while loop
> to read thus:
>
> -------------------------------------------
> if (rc == LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN) {
> fprintf(stderr, "told to wait...\n");
> waitsocket (sock, session);
> } else if (libssh2_channel_eof(channel)) {
> fprintf(stderr, "got libssh2_channel_eof, breaking\n");
> break;
> } else {
> fprintf(stderr, "got 0 bytes but no eof yet, sleeping\n");
> sleep(3);
> }
> -------------------------------------------
>
> When it works, the end of the output looks like this:
>
> -------------------------------------------
> libssh2_channel_read returned 0
> got libssh2_channel_eof, breaking
>
> EXIT: 0 bytecount: 38252
> all done
> -------------------------------------------
>
> or this
>
> -------------------------------------------
> libssh2_channel_read returned -37
> told to wait...
> libssh2_channel_read returned 0
> got libssh2_channel_eof, breaking
>
> EXIT: 0 bytecount: 38252
> all done
> -------------------------------------------
>
> but somtimes it looks like this:
> -------------------------------------------
> libssh2_channel_read returned -37
> told to wait...
> libssh2_channel_read returned 0
> got 0 bytes but no eof yet, sleeping
> libssh2_channel_read returned 0
> got 0 bytes but no eof yet, sleeping
> -------------------------------------------
>
> and just loops forever, never receiving the EOF.
>
> I have similar issues when i use blocking mode as well (but I really
> need to use nonblocking mode).
>
> I'm basically just trying to find the "correct" way to consistently
> get ALL of the output from an executed command. Can anyone offer
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -SG
>
> --
> This email is fiction. Any resemblance to actual events
> or persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
>
> Seth Grover
> sethdgrover[at]gmail[dot]com
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