I need to cp some files from my Sun

[agape234]

I need to cp some files from my Sun box to a W2K server on a routine basis.
What would the best approach be to do this.
Cron?FTP from the W2K on a schedule?
Any tips or cautions?

 

[SamBones]

Look into SAMBA. This makes your Sun machine look like an NT server to your Windows machine. This means you could even leave the file on the Sun and have it on a SAMBA share that your W2K machine accesses as if was another W2K machine. You could use a [tt]copy[/tt] command on the W2K machine to bring the file over.

Go to

http://www.samba.org

for more info.

 

[dickiebird]

Here's a script I use to send files to a remote PC
integer N_FILES_COPIED
integer N_FILES_TOSEND
RETRY_INTERVAL=30
SCRIPT=ftp.script
COPY_SCRIPT=copy.script
IP_ADDR=100.100.10.100
RUSER=anonymous
RPASS=passwd
echo "machine ${IP_ADDR}
login ${RUSER}
password ${RPASS}
" > ${HOME}/.netrc
chmod 600 ${HOME}/.netrc

cd /data
COPY_LOG=/data/copy.log

trap "rm -f ${SCRIPT} ; stty echo ; exit" 1 2 3 4 5 6 15

ADDR=${IP_ADDR}

if [ -r /home//ran.today ]
then
true
else
echo " TX HAS NOT RUN - OR HAS ALREADY BEEN COPIED (`date`)" >> ${_COPY_LOG}
echo "${0} ${*}" | at now + ${RETRY_INTERVAL} minutes
exit 99
fi

if ping -c1 -i2 ${ADDR} >/dev/null 2>&1
then
true
else
echo "NO RESPONSE FROM ${ADDR} @ `date`" >> ${_COPY_LOG}
echo "${0} ${*}" | at now + ${RETRY_INTERVAL} minutes
exit 99
fi

#Using file listing all ftp commands needed
cat ${COPY_SCRIPT} > ${SCRIPT}

# Now call ftp to transfer files...

ftp -i -v ${ADDR} < ${SCRIPT} >/data/ftp.out 2>&1

N_FILES_COPIED=$(grep -c &quot;226 Transfer complete.&quot; /data/ftp.out)
N_FILES_TOSEND=$(grep -c &quot;put &quot; ${COPY_SCRIPT})

if [ $N_FILES_COPIED -eq $N_FILES_TOSEND ]
then
rm -f ${SCRIPT}
rm -f /home//ran.today
echo &quot;File COPIED TO ${ADDR} @ `date`&quot; >> ${_COPY_LOG}
touch /home/.copied
exit 0
else
echo &quot; COPY FAILED TO ${ADDR} @ `date`&quot; >> ${_COPY_LOG}
echo &quot;${0} ${*}&quot; | at now + ${RETRY_INTERVAL} minutes
fi


the file called copy.script contains ftp instructions ie

cd /common/int
put /data/prints/pwdin pwadin.doc
bye

HTH Dickie Bird (-)))