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# 1  
Old 08-06-2012
Stop SCP from deleting the file
Hi,

I am trying to scp a file from local server to remote machine as below,
Code:
scp -r $SCPED_FILES"$name"_$code test-vc@es1.global.local:'/cygdrive/d/shares/operations'

File is getting transferred properly but the issue is the original file is being moved (the original copy is deleted). But i want to save the original file.

Please help to achieve this.

Thanks
Guru
Last edited by Franklin52; 08-06-2012 at 07:46 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
# 2  
Old 08-06-2012
scp doesn't do this per default. Are you sure that there is no other job or coworker in the background, that might have moved or deleted the source file? Does this always occure, whatever file you try to transfer, even from different directories etc.?
# 3  
Old 08-06-2012
hi zaxxon,

Thanks for the reply... When i run the script after commenting the scp command the original file doesnt gets deleted.

I ll check if any other process is deleting the file.

Thanks
# 4  
Old 08-06-2012
You can also set a set -x right before the scp line in the script and a set +x right behind it, so that you can see into what the variables are substituted to, when the script is run.
What happens when you manually transfer the files with scp?
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