ssh
doesn't require that you pass the entire command line you want to run as a single argument. You're allowed to pass it multiple arguments, one for the command you want to run, and more for any arguments you want to pass that command.
So, this should work just fine, without the single quotes:
"ssh user@Main.local mkdir Desktop/test"
This shows how to get the same error message in an ordinary bash shell, without involving ssh or Scala:
bash-3.2$ ls -d Desktop
Desktop
bash-3.2$ 'mkdir Desktop/test'
bash: mkdir Desktop/test: No such file or directory
bash-3.2$ mkdir Desktop/test
bash-3.2$
For your amusement, note also:
bash-3.2$ mkdir 'mkdir Desktop'
bash-3.2$ echo echo foo > 'mkdir Desktop'/test
bash-3.2$ chmod +x 'mkdir Desktop'/test
bash-3.2$ 'mkdir Desktop/test'
foo
UPDATE:
Note that both of these work too:
Process(Seq("ssh", "user@Main.local", "mkdir Desktop/test")).!
Process(Seq("ssh", "user@Main.local", "mkdir", "Desktop/test")).!
Using the form of Process.apply
that takes a Seq
removes one level of ambiguity about where the boundaries between the arguments lie. But note that once the command reaches the remote host, it will be processed by the remote shell which will make its own decision about where to put the argument breaks. So for example if you wanted to make a directory with a space in the name, this works locally:
Process(Seq("mkdir", "foo bar")).!
but if you try the same thing remotely:
Process(Seq("ssh", "user@Main.local", "mkdir", "foo bar")).!
You'll get two directories named foo
and bar
, since the remote shell inserts an argument break.