Hi ,

I am beginner in aix...

i am using the following command in my shell script to to copy the files from a secured server to my aix box...

/usr/local/bin/scp pickme@brad.wanted.com:../internal/mem_grp_details*

Should i use sleep command in my shell script for the script to copy the entire file....I found in some threads that sleep is not required...but for me the entire file is not copied without sleep...

Thanks is advance
sam

Whats the issue exactly?

Do you mean, only a part of your file is being copied to your system???

Also the Syntax of the command should be

/usr/local/bin/scp pickme@brad.wanted.com:../internal/mem_grp_details* .

Thanks
~Sage

Hi ,
Thanks for the response...

I am using the extact syntax u specified...
But only a part of my file is copied from the secured server to my AIX box without sleep command..

Thanks,
Sam

If it really takes a very long time, chances are the ssh session will time out - try increasing the ssh timeout period on the server, if possible.

~Sage

Hi ,

are u aware of the default time out period for scp and ssh session



Thanks ,
Sam

Not sure about AIX, but in most of the systems it is placed here

/etc/ssh/sshd_config

and with an entry called

ClientAliveInterval 300

Uncomment that line and it should be fine after restarting ssh

~Sage

Either you or I have the wrong end of the stick entirely. If you want to copy files using scp then do so, there is no need for any sleeps or strange echos etc.

usage: scp from to

man scp

eg to get a file

scp someuser@somemachine:somefile somedestination

to put a file

scp somefile someuser@somemachine:somepath

and you can use wildcards if you are careful and escape them if required.