On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Nilay Puri, Noida wrote: > I need to write a script > 1. to copy files from A server to B server. > 2. after checking the non-existence of the files in 2 server. > > How to do it through perl script ? > > If I use ftp to copy files, is there any flag for mput whih will tell me if > the file already exists in B server. > Like, its asks for y/n flag on ftp prompt ? > > Is there any other method to acheive the desired result of moving files > from A server to B server
If rsync over ssh is available, that's definitely the easiest approach: rsync --rsh=ssh --recursive --update remote:/file/path /file/path rsync --rsh=ssh --recursive --update /file/path remote:/file/path And `rsync` provides dozens and dozens of ways to customize this. If web/http is available, you have all kinds of options for using web client tools; the simplest might be to use `wget --mirror ...`. If these fail you, you can turn to Perl, but in this particular case, I think there are already excellent command line tools that solve the problem for you already, eliminating the need to write your own code. -- Chris Devers -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
