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Old 10-14-2011
scp throws error
My script is like

Code:
STAMP=$(perl -e '($ss, $mm, $hh, $DD, $MM, $YY) = localtime(time() - 100);
printf "%04d%02d%02d%02d%02d", $YY + 1900, $MM + 1, $DD, $hh, $mm')
touch $STAMP /sasdata/copydata/
find /sasdata/copydata -type f ! -newer /sasdata/copydata/ -print > output3.txt
awk '{print "scp  "$0" sasadmin@server2:/sasdata/copydata/a /sasdata/copydata/b "}' output3.txt | sh

output3.txt output is :

Code:
/sasdata/copydata/a/1.txt
/sasdata/copydata/b/2.txt
/sasdata/copydata/output3.txt

scp: /sasdata/copydata/a: not a regular file
cp: /sasdata/copydata/b/2.txt and /sasdata/copydata/b/2.txt are identical


I need to copy files to their respective directories but it gives error

---------- Post updated at 07:42 AM ---------- Previous update was at 02:47 AM ----------

can anybody tell me whats wrong am i doing
Last edited by pludi; 10-14-2011 at 07:06 AM..
# 2  
Old 10-14-2011
Try leaving off the "| sh" so you can see what it's actually feeding into sh.

Embedding your shell script deep inside awk like that doesn't strike me as a terrific idea. Makes your code hard to debug and hard to change.
# 3  
Old 10-14-2011
Try looking at rsync tool for the job with ssh encryption over network (optional)
# 4  
Old 10-14-2011
i dont have rsync pkg installed on my unix box

hi corona688 i can find modified files but can't transfer these files to respective directories by scp. please suggest siplest code to do that
# 5  
Old 10-14-2011
Simple and easy way:
Code:
find /sasdata/copydata -type f ! -newer /sasdata/copydata/ -exec scp '{}' username@host:/path/to/dest/ ';'

More efficient way:

Code:
IFS="
"

LOCALFILES="$(find /sasdata/copydata -type f ! -newer /sasdata/copydata/)"

scp ${LOCALFILES} username@host:/path/to/dest/

# 6  
Old 10-19-2011
can i copy files to same directry structure present on another server because while trying it shows error "Identical path"

Code:
IFS="
"
 
LOCALFILES="$(find /sasdata/copydata -type f ! -newer /sasdata/copydata/)"
 
scp ${LOCALFILES} username@host:/sasdata/copydata/a

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Mod Comment Please use code tags


Code:
scp: /sasdata/copydata/a: not a regular file
cp: /sasdata/copydata/b/2.txt and /sasdata/copydata/b/2.txt are identical

Last edited by tushar_spatil; 10-19-2011 at 10:54 AM.. Reason: code tags, see PM
# 7  
Old 10-20-2011
What does echo $LOCALFILES do?
 
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