source: issm/trunk/src/m/os/issmssh.m@ 13395

function issmssh(host,login,port,command)
%ISSMSSH - wrapper for OS independent ssh command.
%
%   usage: 
%      issmssh(host,command)

%first get hostname 
hostname=oshostname();

%if same as host, just run the command. 
if strcmpi(host,hostname),
        system(command);
else
        if ispc(),
                %use the putty project plink.exe: it should be in the path.
                
                %get ISSM_DIR variable
                [status,ISSM_DIR]=system('echo [%ISSM_DIR_WIN%]');
                if status, 
                        error('issmssh error message: could not find ISSM_DIR_WIN environment variable');
                end
                ISSM_DIR=ISSM_DIR(2:end-2);

                username=input('Username: (quoted string) ');
                key=input('Key: (quoted string) ');

                system([ISSM_DIR '/externalpackages/ssh/plink.exe -ssh -l "' username '" -pw "' key '" ' host ' "' command '"']);

        else
                %just use standard unix ssh
                if port,
                        eval(['!ssh -l ' login ' -p ' num2str(port) ' localhost "' command '"']);
                else
                        eval(['!ssh -l ' login ' ' host ' "' command '"']);
                end
        end
end