Shell Programming and Scripting

    system("scp -r machinename:/PathOfFile/ /Path/WhereToCopyIt/  &)

#!/bin/sh
scp -r machinename:/PathOfFile/ /Path/WhereToCopyIt/
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system("/path/to/your/script.sh &")

 
scp -r machinename:/PathOfFile/ /Path/WhereToCopyIt/  1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null &
BGPID=$!
 
while [ 1 ]; do
    PR_EX=$(ps -ef | awk -v BGPID=${BGPID} '{if ($2 == BGPID) print "Process with PID '"$BGPID"' exists"}')
    if [[ ${PR_EX} = "Process with PID $BGPID exists" ]]; then
       echo "Waiting for the Process with PID ${BGPID} to complete its execution"
       echo "Sleeping for 5 Seconds"
       sleep 5
       continue
    else
       echo "Process with PID ${BGPID} executed successfully"
       break
    fi
done

 
system("/path/to/your/script.sh $machine_name $path_of_file $destination  &")

#!/bin/sh
MACH_NAME=${1}
PATH_FILE=${2}
DEST_PATH=${3}

scp -r ${MACH_NAME}:${PATH_FILE} ${DEST_PATH}
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