topic Re: move files automatically in Operating System - HP-UX

move files automatically

peterchu — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 02:49:25 GMT

In my unix system , there are some fax files generated from the database , then these fax files need to be be moved to the windows fax server to fax out , now we do it manually , is there any good method / command ( except samba ) that can move the files from unix server to windows server automatically ? thx.

Re: move files automatically

Mark Grant — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 02:52:02 GMT

Two methods immediately come to mind.

The simplest is to have a cron job that moves the files on a regular basis.

The second is to use samba to share the fax directory between windows and unix. This way, when th eunix system writes the files, they will immediately available to windows.

Re: move files automatically

peterchu — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 02:55:42 GMT

thx reply,

if use cron , what command is good for it ? thx

Re: move files automatically

Mei Jiao — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 02:57:51 GMT

You can write a script (or put it into crontab if the files are generated on regular basis), then run the script every time you want to move those files.

Besides, I think there's a FTP server for Windows, but is a purchaseable product from 3rd-party vendor. However, I think if you're running SAMBA or (CIFS) all along, you may tag to it as well.

Re: move files automatically

Robert-Jan Goossens — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 03:07:44 GMT

Hi,

You could create a ftp script and a cron entry to copy the file to a windows server.

ftp -n <open XXX.X.XX.XX
user name passwd
bi
lcd /dir
mput files
EOF

or you could install cifs (samba based) software on both servers.

http://www.software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B8724AA

Regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: move files automatically

Robert-Jan Goossens — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 03:23:30 GMT

Hi,

You could create a ftp script and a cron entry to copy the file to a windows server.

ftp -n <open XXX.X.XX.XX
user name passwd
bin
lcd /dir
mput files
EOF

or you could install cifs (samba based) software on both servers.

http://www.software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B8724AA

Regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: move files automatically

peterchu — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 03:35:58 GMT

thx suggestions,

except ftp , is there any other command is good also ? is 'rcp' can do that ? Thx.

because ftp ask userid and password , I think it is not too good in my case , and I need to install the ftp server , so I don't want to use it .

Thx

Re: move files automatically

Simon Hargrave — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 03:43:21 GMT

Best way is probably rsync. That will let you keep the directory on UNIX and on NT in constant sync, without having to "poll" the directory frequently from cron.

Get HPUX rsync here: -

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Networking/Admin/rsync-2.5.7/

The windows part can be gotten here: -

http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/