UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hello, im a newbie in unix scripting. can someone pls send me a sample script that will tar files in the folders of a specific directory, but will exclude specific files, and afterwards, will ftp the tar into another server.

for example:
in this directory, pshrprod:/opt/psoft/weblogic/818sp9_80

the following files and folders will be tar'd (this are not all the files/folders in this directory)

copyright.html
license.txt
license.html
classes --this folder also has files inside--
src

but will exclude these files in these directories:

Please exclude (aonprod08)pshrprod:/opt/psoft/weblogic/818sp9_80/psftaccess.log and /opt/psoft/weblogic/818sp9_80/myserver/access.log

my question is: if the files will be tar'd where will the tar file be located?

when the tar file is created, the script should be able to ftp the tar file to another server. (is this possible?)

also, is it possible to enable the script to run at a specific day and time?

hope someone out there replies to me ASAP.

thanks a lot

The below script will archive up your data and rcp it over to a remote box, rcp is easier then FTP. You will need to change the below variables to meet your needs...

Then add the below cron entry using crontab -e this will run the script every day at 23:55, you will also need to amend the script location. Make sure you set the correct permissions on the scipt, ie chmod 700 /scripts/archive_data.ksh.

55 23 * * * /scripts/archive_data.ksh


#!/usr/bin/ksh
#Script Variables - CHANGE IF NEEDED##
#
include=/tmp/tar_include.log
output=/tmp/archive.tar
#
#Variables for local box
#
locusername=davek
hostname=c06159
#
#Variables for remote box
#
remusername=davek
destination=www.whatever.co.uk
remlocation=/tmp/coppied.archive.tar
#
##########################

#Set Include Log for Tar
> $include
ls /opt/psoft/weblogic/818sp9_80 | grep -v psftaccess.log | grep -v myserver >> $include

#Create Tar Archive
tar cf $output -I $include

#Now rcp over to destination
rcp -p $locusername@$hostname:$output $remusername@$destination:$remlocation

exit
#END

just a suggestion, instead of only ls use ls -1
(note it is numeric 1)
ls -1 ensures that each output line contains only one file name
although once you pipe the output of ls, generally one filename is displayed on each line, but not sure if that is always the case.
so better to be safe