SSH works SCP doesn't

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
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this has been talked about before on this forum… how to get ssh and applescript working…

this code works fine… the script automatically ssh’s into the system after 10 seconds.


 set theServer to "theServer" --change to IP or DNS (blabla.com) 
 set theUser to "theUserAccount" -- change to your login name 
 set thePassword to "thePassword" --your password 
 set theWait to 10 -- number of seconds you want the script to wait before it enters your password 
 tell application "Terminal" 
    activate 
 end tell 
 tell application "Terminal" 
    repeat with theWindow in window 1 
       do script "ssh " & theServer & " -l " & theUser in theWindow 
       delay theWait 
       do script thePassword in theWindow 
    end repeat 
 end tell

but… if you try scp… the password is never entered into the terminal… it just sits there… if you manually type the password in… it runs fine.


 set theServer to "theServer" --change to IP or DNS (blabla.com) 
 set theUser to "theAccount" -- change to your login name 
 set thePassword to "thePassword" --your password 
 set theLocFile to "the/path/to/file" --local path to file 
 set theRemFile to "thefile.txt" -- remote file name 
 set theWait to 10 
 tell application "Terminal" 
    activate 
 end tell 
 tell application "Terminal" 
    repeat with theWindow in window 1 
       do script "/usr/bin/scp" & theLocFile & theUser & "@" & theServer & ":" & theRemFile in theWindow 
       delay theWait 
       do script thePassword in theWindow 
    end repeat 
 end tell

any thoughts on why the script won’t apply the password to the 1st terminal window?