Hi All,

I´ve got the following problem

I´m implementing a failoverconcept. This requires to synchronize two files using ksh like this.

if HOST1:FILE1 is newer then HOST2:FILE1
THEN cp HOST1:FILE1 HOST2:FILE1
ELSE cp HOST2:FILE1 HOST1:FILE1
fi

How can I compare the files on two boxes?

I tried it on one box and it works



and im able to get the date information with ls -l and awk - like this but how i schould compare the datestrings or how can i change the variable format?

DATE_MAIN=`ls -l FILE1 | awk '$1 !~ /total/ { printf "%-32s \n",$8 ; }'`

DATE_BCKP=`rsh HOST2 ls -l FILE1 | awk '$1 !~ /total/ { printf "%-32s \n",$8 ; }'`


if [ $DATE_MAIN -ge $DATE_BCKP ]
THEN cp HOST1:FILE1 HOST2:FILE1
ELSE cp HOST2:FILE1 HOST1:FILE1
fi


An other idea i got was using the find command with the -newer flag but it didn´t work with an remote Host.

BRGDS & TIA

isacs


P.S.

Sorry for my poor english