help on scp script

[NDO]

Hi

I have the following script, that is not working:

for files in `ls -lrt | awk '{if ($8 == "2013")print $0}'`
do
/usr/bin/scp -p $files root@10.1.20.31:/fs1/bscsrtx/BSCS_iX/WORK/MP/UDR/RLH/M16S11A4V1A11VRLUCO/ERR/OLD_FILES/
done

 so I am trying to copy all 2013 files to another server, so when I run it:

Password:
1: No such file or directory
Password:

 keeps on asking for password....

[Patrick Wallek]

You need to set up SSH so that it can log into the remote server without asking for a password.

The is done by appropriately setting up public / private key access between the servers.

[NDO]

Thank you, that's the only thing needed right?

[Patrick Wallek]

Yes, that should be all that is needed.

Just make sure that the user that is running the scp is that one that is allowed to login as root on the remote server.

[NDO]

yes, its root

[Dennis Handly]

>I am trying to copy all 2013 files to another server

If you don't have zillions of files, you can use this to copy all in one scp command:

files=$(ls -lrt | awk '{if ($8 == "2013") print $9}')

/usr/bin/scp -p $files root@10.1.20.31:/fs1/bscsrtx/BSCS_iX/WORK/MP/UDR/RLH/M16S11A4V1A11VRLUCO/ERR/OLD_FILES/

Note: In your original script, you should also be printing $9, the filename and not the whole line.

[NDO]

just 84 files

[NDO]

but in this case do I have also to setup connections without passwords?

[Patrick Wallek]

The method of passing the list of files to copy to the scp copy command has nothing to do with how scp actually functions.

If you want to use SCP to copy the files without having to enter a password, then YES you do need to set up public / private keys to enable passwordless login.

[Dennis Handly]

>but in this case do I have also to setup connections without passwords?

Well, you'll only need to type in the password once, each time you run the script.  :-)