Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi ,

I am beginner in aix...

i am using the following command in my shell script to to copy the files from a secured server to my aix box...

/usr/local/bin/scp pickme@brad.wanted.com:../internal/mem_grp_details*

Should i use sleep command in my shell script for the script to copy the entire file....I found in some threads that sleep is not required...but for me the entire file is not copied without sleep...

Thanks is advance
sam

Whats the issue exactly?

Do you mean, only a part of your file is being copied to your system???

Also the Syntax of the command should be

/usr/local/bin/scp pickme@brad.wanted.com:../internal/mem_grp_details* .

Thanks
~Sage

Hi ,
Thanks for the response...

I am using the extact syntax u specified...
But only a part of my file is copied from the secured server to my AIX box without sleep command..

Thanks,
Sam

If it really takes a very long time, chances are the ssh session will time out - try increasing the ssh timeout period on the server, if possible.

~Sage

Hi ,

are u aware of the default time out period for scp and ssh session



Thanks ,
Sam

Not sure about AIX, but in most of the systems it is placed here

/etc/ssh/sshd_config

and with an entry called

ClientAliveInterval 300

Uncomment that line and it should be fine after restarting ssh

~Sage

Sage,

i dont have permission to edit the file....
So i thought of providing the sleep command to run the process.
but for me the size of the files will vary each time...i think i should first find the size of each file and use an if-else to find the sleep to be provided...

any comments...

thanks,
sam