UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi yoyomamma,

How big are these files are you moving??

hey cameron,

i'd say the majority of them are 2K files,
but sometimes they are 4K.

or in MB:

12.1 or 24.2

Say you need to grab name.0700.sgi to name.1000.sgi, you could just use:

mget name.07*.sgi name.08*.sgi name.09*.sgi name.1000.sgi

BTW, a 12.1 MB file is over 12390 KB ... what'd you mean by either 2K or 4K?

2K and 4K are film format terms for cineon files...

i used to think that the K had something to do with the byte size, but now i don't know what the K stands for.

anyhow, oombera, your solution is the best for my situation. thank you all for your help and sharing your knowledge!!

thanks again,
yomamma

Are you moving your files between to servers? I ask because you could just rcp the files if you set up the .rhosts file. It's just a thought if FTP is not working for you and you can automate the process at the same time. Of course, you want test the hell out of an automated script before you implement it, but once all the bugs are worked out you can cron it and forget about it until you need to make changes. Just some foo for thought!

hi MIRV,

rcp takes forever, at least here it does.
i just used it the other day to copy 187 files and it took about an hour. i should have just ftp'd them down to me and then back up to where they needed to be and i would have saved 45 min.

anyway, i am looking into some automation, but like you said i need to test the hell out of it.

thanks!
yomamma

Try rsync - It does work well.
Your initial run may take a bit of time, but after that it screams along.