UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi Guys,

Well i dont have alot of experience in shell scripting. I am mostly into OOP. So i was given a task to

"Transfer the contents of files in a zip format from one unix server to another unix server"

What i am trying to do is create a shell script when runs will transfer all the files in zip format from one unix directory to another unix server directory. How can i do that?

I've searched on google and most of the time they used " scp " command. I am not at work but i tried using something like this:

Code:

data = /abc/web/docs/xyz.com/props

scp $data/.*zip. fast:/xyz/abc/mlo.com/klm

But unfortunately my script is not working. Any clues how can i acheieve this?

Thanks

Hi

When using scp the format should be as follows

scp <filename> user@foreignserver:<foreigndirectory>

ie..

scp test1.zip root@server1:/tmp

Thank you for the reply frustrated.

Actually that might be correct for only one file command. What i am trying to do is that:-

I have bunch of files in one unix directory. The name of that unix server is ABC. /user/web/abc.com/props. This is the path to my unix directory. in the props folder i might have 30 files(html, txt, etc).

I have another unix server XYZ. What i am trying to do is transfer all the contents of props directory from ABC unix server to XYZ unix server in a zip file format.

Your code might work for one file but i have 30 files which i need to bundle into zip folder and then transfer it to my another server. Hope i am clear enough.

zip all the files into one zip file then scp the single zip file.

hmm good point porter. So the command should look something like this. If i would like to transfer that zip file into :

1) UNix server ( xyz)
2) Path (/home/web/xyz.com/temp)

scp test.zip tempuser@xyz: /home/web/xyz.com/temp

Am i correct?

Thank you

Code:

scp test.zip tempuser@xyz:/home/web/xyz.com/temp

You had an extra space following the ":"

Note also that the "scp" programs current directory on the remote end will start in the home directory of the user, so you can use relative paths if you so wish.

Thank you porter. I will try this tomorrow at work and will post back :--). I appreciate all your help and frustrated.