Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi,

I am looking to scp two files in one go, where the second file is sent only if the first one has been fully copied across. I know of the following command that is used to copy multiple files across to one destination server:

Code:

cp file1.log file2.log user@servername:~/upload

Will this command transfer file2.log after file1.log has been sent completely, or will the transfer be done concurrently?

Is there a method where i can send a second file after the first one has been sent completely?

Thanks

Hello,

The below command will be sending files one after the other.

Code:

scp file1.log file2.log user@servername:~/upload/

If you have a good list of files then just use a simple for loop

Code:

cat > list
file1
file2
file3
.....

Code:

for i in `cat file`; do scp $i user@servername:~/upload/; done

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Kochappa

So i guess this means that if there is any problem in sending file1.log completely (or file2.log), then there will be an error output from the scp command? If so, then this servers my purpose well as there are only 2 files that i need to send one after the other.

Thanks

Yes, you will be seeing the progress bar and % of each file copied to the remote location. If any error happens then it must be visible on screen. For eg: if the second files does not exist it throws "No such file or directory"