On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 10:07:41PM -0500, Jim Streit wrote: >Do you guys know if there is a way to update a file on a remote linux >box without and NFS mount or anything like that? yes > >What I want to do is have a script running on server A that appends data >to to a file on server A and appends data to server B, and server C. ok > >I was thinking that I could have the script do an rsync and pull the >latest version of the remote file, append the data, then rsync and push >the file back out with the update option. Sounds like a lot of hassel and >I'm looking for a better way. rsync is a VERY good choice > >I wish I cou do something something like this ... (ignore the syntax just >trying to make an example) > >On local machine I would; > cat newdata >> maindatafile > or > echo "This is the new data" >> maindatafile > >and something like this for the remote machine; > cat newdata >> remote_machine:/file/location/maindatafile > or > echo "This is the new data" >>remote_machine:/file/location/maindatafile > >Any thoughts? yes scp and rsync sound like what you may want. if you truly want to cat file.foo >> remotehost:~/path/to/file.foo.master scp might be something to consider. You can tell scp to exec whatever task you want upon authentication. Just send cat to a | (pipe) and you should be on track. <scp details left out for lack of experimentation> As far as updating files and directories remotely, rsync just rocks!! you can use ssh as the conduit to move the files with something as simple as : rsync -auve ssh /path/to/backup/ user at host.foo/path/to/master/ one gotcha is the trailing /'s!!! be careful with the trailing slashes. read the documentation for details. if you set up public key host authentication you can put that in your crontab and it will just happen. >Thanks > >Jim Streit > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- --*--SpencerUnderground--*-- http://autonomous.tv/ spencer at autonomous.tv Key fingerprint = 173B 8760 E59F DBF8 6FD2 68F8 ABA2 AB08 49C7 4754 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020905/f451e51c/attachment.pgp