File Transfer for Windows* using SCP

[COkon]

I have a program that I wrote in eclipse. I can only run it on the intel edison via ssh. It creates a tmp file for it in the edison and empties the tmp file whenever I restart it. I want to know how to be able to transfer my eclipse c++ file into the edison and have it run and compile at start up. I checked online and saw the one for linux but I am using windows

Thanks in Advance

[Matthias_H_Intel · Accepted solution]

The Eclipse file you wrote is already transferred to Edison - otherwise it wouldn't run. Check your project settings where it is put (I think by default in /tmp) and how it is named.

In order to run it at startup you would typically write a systemd script in /lib/systemd/system and enable it via "systemctl enable ".

[COkon]

Thanks mhahn,

the files saves in the tmp folder. When I opened it from the tmp folder I only see characters and not the code that was written in eclipse IDE. Is there a way to make the code transfer as it is in Eclipse IDE(c/c++)? Also do you have a link where I could see the steps to make systemd script and enable it? I am new to this and I will really appreciate it.

[Matthias_H_Intel]

what you have in the /tmp folder is the compiled binary which you can directly run on the target.

The source code will stay on the host system - why would you want to have it on the target?

On systemd scripts you should find a lot on the web. Maybe start inspecting the existing scripts on your target

[COkon]

I want to use the intel Edison with the arduino breakout board as a microcontroller for my robot. So I want to write my code in C++ in the eclipse IDE and have it run and execute once power is supplied to the microcontroller. It should be doing things like get data from sensors, get a direction/heading from a compass and with that navigate the robot with motors. So with that I think that I need the code in the microcontroller for the robot to be able to function, because I would not have my laptop run the code every time and its a school project.

[Matthias_H_Intel]

on your laptop is the SOURCE code. On the target is the BINARY. As mentioned the binary is already there. Via systemd you can make it run automatically