> I have a perl script on remote server. > I want to launch a expect script(none perl) from local server with arguments and launch perl script on remote server.(arguments will be feed into perl script) > I don't know how long perl script will run but I want to scp(using expect script from local) the file back to local as soon as perl script > is done on remote server. > > What is the best way for this? > > Only way I can think of is launching expect script every 30 sec to see > if remote server has output (say in /tmp/results.1) and if it does, transfer back. > > Maybe this is not a perl question and perhaps it is more basic unix quesiton(?) but just wondering if I can get some construtive feedback > on > this.
Well I have scripts on the remote server which a. checks for the existence of the file. b. goes to sleep if not there c. rsync it back if it is there, then exits The whole process is initiated by a cron job, including the generation of the file in the first place. HTH Owen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
