FTP Files from one server to another

samit_9999 · #1 (**permalink**) 04-01-2009

Hi,

I want to run a process on server a, pulling files from server b and pushing it to server c.

Can i do that without dropping the files on server a?

Thanks,
Samit

jim mcnamara · #2 (**permalink**) 04-01-2009

Not ftp - look into scp instead.

marcus121 · #3 (**permalink**) 04-01-2009

As Jim said, scp (secure copy). It functions much the same as copy and even has the "preserve" option (dash-p) so the transfered files maintain their original date/time stamp, permissions, etc.

Say you want to copy files whose names include today's date-stamp in /nas1/prod/data of node "penguin" to /nas3/dev/data of node "seal" and you are on irrelevant server. Your user ID is samit on penguin and s99 on seal. Oh, and you want to preserve the file attributes of the source files. Here's what you would type:

Code:

irrelevant$ scp -p samit@penguin:/nas1/prod/data/*20090401* s99@seal:/nas3/dev/data

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