Re: Copying files over the Network

From: Green, Simon (Simon.Green_at_EU.ALTRIA.COM)
Date: 08/27/04

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    One important consideration is whether you need to clean-up things on
    machine B.

    e.g. The first time, you copy file1 and file2 from A to B.
    When you come to the next copy, file1 has been updated but file2 no longer
    exists. Do you need to remove file2 from machine B?

    Could files on Machine B be updated, so that they have a later timestamp
    than those on machine A? If so, what do you want to happen?

    Generally, I would recommend rdist for this. However, if your needs are
    relatively simple - if the directory on machine B gets cleared down before
    the copy, for example - I'd use a combination of rsh and tar or
    backup/restore.

    e.g. tar -cf - /your/directory | rsh machineB tar -xf -

    This is good, because it preserves modification times as well as
    permissions. You can do the same thing with backup/restore, which is better
    for large amounts of data and for database files. 

    --
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vipin Khushu - SuSe [mailto:vkhushu@GUERNSEYOP.COM]
Sent: 26 August 2004 23:14
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Copying files over the Network
I need to copy the contents of a directory, including sub-directories, and
all files contained in those directories from machine A to machine B over
the network, in a recurring fashion, say once every 24 hours.
The file types include binaries and text files.
I'd like to maintain the permissions of the files as they exist in machine
A.
Any tips, suggested commands, etc would be greatly appreciated.
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