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# 1  
Old 01-31-2007
question on -exec
I am having a brain fart. I have a few potential work-arounds, but the fact that I can't get this string to work is urking me.

nodes:
machine1
machine2

#uname -a
blah blah blah solaris 5.9 machine1 Smilie
#pwd
/log/arch

find . ! -newer filename -exec 'rcp -p machine2:/log/arch' {} \;

--> find, from here, all files NOT (!) newer than filename, then rcp said files to remote host. I have tried this w/ and w/out the back ticks.
# 2  
Old 01-31-2007
I believe the format for rcp is
rcp -p currentfile machine:copylocation

so your command should say

find . ! -newer filename -exec 'rcp -p {} machine2:/log/arch' \;

We aren't allowed rcp so I can not test it from my side. But thats the format for a regular copy wich I tested on solaris 9.
# 3  
Old 01-31-2007
We aren't either - but scp fails as well. I could use a loop as a work-around. Ur string doesn't seem to be working. It will grab the 1st file only. Weird.
# 4  
Old 01-31-2007
Do it the other way around:

From machine2:

cd /log/arch

rsh machine1 "cd /log/arch; find . ! -newer filename -print | cpio -oac" | cpio -icdmu -

At least something like this. I cannot test it cause the totally insecure R-family commands are disabled here.
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