Hi

I try to automate mounting a directory from my phome to my laptop via sshfs.

Authentication is via password and that is where I have the problem:

use Expect;

$Expect::Exp_Internal = 1; # for debugging

my $cmd = Expect->spawn('/usr/bin/sshfs', 'root@moto:/mnt/sdcard/eBook
+s', 'mnt') or die $!;
$cmd->expect(undef,  'root@moto\'s password: ');
$cmd->send("XXXX\n");
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This is the output:

Spawned '/usr/bin/sshfs root@moto:/mnt/sdcard/eBooks mnt'
    spawn id(3)
    Pid: 11716
    Tty: /dev/pts/2
 at /home/mh/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.18.1/lib/site_perl/5.18.1/Exp
+ect.pm line 181.
    Expect::spawn('Expect', '/usr/bin/sshfs', 'root@moto:/mnt/sdcard/e
+Books', 'mnt') called at ./mnt.pl line 11
Starting EXPECT pattern matching...
 at /home/mh/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.18.1/lib/site_perl/5.18.1/Exp
+ect.pm line 561.
    Expect::expect('Expect=GLOB(0xfe0ab8)', undef, 'root@moto\'s passw
+ord: ') called at ./mnt.pl line 12
spawn id(3): list of patterns:
  #1: -ex `root@moto\'s password: '


spawn id(3): Does `'
match:
  pattern #1: -ex `root@moto\'s password: '? No.

Waiting for new data (unlimited seconds)...
root@moto's password: 
spawn id(3): Does `root@moto\'s password: '
match:
  pattern #1: -ex `root@moto\'s password: '? YES!!
    Before match string: `'
    Match string: `root@moto\'s password: '
    After match string: `'
    Matchlist: ()
Returning from expect successfully.
Sending 'XXXX\n' to spawn id(3)
 at /home/mh/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.18.1/lib/site_perl/5.18.1/Exp
+ect.pm line 1264.
    Expect::print('Expect=GLOB(0xfe0ab8)', 'XXXX\x{a}') called at ./mn
+t.pl line 13
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(I've edited the password out both in the code and the output).

So it seems that it works but when I try to access the directory I get the error "ls: cannot access mnt: Transport endpoint is not connected".

I can do the mounting with no problem manually so it must be something in the script I am doing wrong...

Can someone help me here?

Many thanks!