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Old 05-19-2009
PHP tail copy of a file to remote location
Hello,

I have a solaris box and a windows server. The windows server runs cygwin for ssh service. I have an audit log in solaris box. When ever new records are added to the log file, this delta has to be trasported to a remote file in windows. I can do a ssh once in a while, but want the transfer to be real time. tail -f gets me this kind of output. But I don't know how to scp or sftp this output to a remote file. I am looking for a script that can do this.
I have set up a password less authentication between these two servers using public keys.

Please help me out.

Thank You
Last edited by unori; 05-19-2009 at 05:58 PM..
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Old 05-20-2009
Reply to your plroblem
Just use rsync:

Using Rsync and SSH
# 3  
Old 05-20-2009
(Untested)
Code:
tail -f file | ssh wherever.com "cat >> file"

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Old 05-20-2009
I didn't know this was going to a mod first, I answered the question twice, so pick one and delete it.

Yay! I got my first 5 point infraction!
Last edited by ascrivner; 05-21-2009 at 05:20 AM..
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Old 05-21-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by cfajohnson
(Untested)
Code:
tail -f file | ssh wherever.com "cat >> file"

Thanks. I will try this.
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Old 05-21-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by unori
Thanks. I will try this.
It worked thanks. But when the file is rotated (The file gets deleted/renamed when it exceeds a certain size and another file with the same name gets created), the functionality is broken. It is no longer watching the new file. Is there any way of watching the new file, with out running the script again? Thanks.
Last edited by unori; 05-21-2009 at 04:32 PM.. Reason: sentence correction
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Old 05-21-2009

With GNU tail, use
Code:
tail --follow=name file

With BSD tail,
Code:
tail -F file

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