Copy a tar file from remote server

[Tobias Speckbacher]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Sanjay katiyar
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 5:11 AM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: RE: Copy a tar file from remote server
> 
> As I supply password for user tomcat it connects to
> the remote server and start showing $ prompt.
> If I logged off from remote machine then it lost the
> connection and next command is not executed.
> 
> Actully I even dont want to supply passward manully,
> Is there any way to automate all these steps in a
> script file?
> 
> 1. connect to remote machine using ssh
> 2. tar some dir
> 3. copy that tar file to my local machine.

ssh user at host "tar cvfz - /somedir /someotherdir" | cat > my.tar.gz

This should do the trick :)

-T


> 
> Thanks,
> Sanjay
> 
> --- "Smith, Albert" <Albert.Smith at genexservices.com>
> wrote:
> > The reason it's failing is that you are trying to
> > execute remote
> > commands from a locally running script. Once you log
> > off the remote
> > machine the script will continue to execute
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> >
> > Date=`date -I`
> > ssh -l tomcate www.MyRemoteHost.net 'tar -cvf \
> >  /opt/tomcat4/MyDir/bk-$Date.tar
> > /opt/tomcat4/webapps/MyApp'
> >
> > scp tomcat at www.MyRemoteHost.net:MyDir/bk-$Date.tar
> > .
> >
> > Albert Smith
> > Sr. Unix Systems Administrator
> > HPCSA, RHCT
> > Genex Services
> > 440 E. Swedesford Rd.
> > Wayne, PA 19087
> > albert.smith at genexservices.com
> > (610) 964-5154
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf
> > Of Sanjay katiyar
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 5:58 AM
> > > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> > > Subject: Copy a tar file from remote server
> > >
> > >
> > > I am trying to connect a remote machine thruogh
> > ssh and want
> > > to tar one directory and copy the tar file in my
> > local
> > > machine. My script file looks like this
> > > **************************
> > > !/bin/sh
> > >
> > > Date=`date -I`
> > >
> > > ssh -l tomcat www.MyRemoteHost.net
> > >
> > > tar -cvf /opt/tomcat4/MyDir/bk-$Date.tar
> > /opt/tomcat4/webapps/MyApp/
> > >
> > > scp tomcat at www.MyRemoteHost.net:MyDir/bk-$Date.tar
> >  .
> > > **************************
> > > When I run this script in my local machine it ask
> > for
> > > password of user tomcat, after supplying the
> > password it
> > > connects to the remote machine and does not
> > execute the rest
> > > of the commands.
> > >
> > > Can any one suggest the right script?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Sanjay
> > >
> > >
> >
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