Copying log file to window system

[Henry Chua]

Hi All,
I am trying to periodically copy files from UX server to a window system. Can I use cron to do this? if so, how should this be done. what is the best practice? Can I use scp?

Best regards
Henry

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi,

you can use either a push or a pull strategy!

I would prefer to send all our log files in compressed+zip format to a windows drive that has been mounted using CIFS.

hope this helps!

kind regards
yogeeraj

[Maxim Yakimenko]

you can setup ftp on windows system - either built-in IIS or another GNU, I use Filezilla

[Coolmar]

Hi,

Yes you can use scp or ftp...ftp will require the password and you will have to create an netrc file or with scp you can set it up to be password-less which is easier. I installed CIFS and then just copy the log files right to the windows system, which might be your best bet.

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[spex]

Hi Henry,

You can absolutely use cron to do this. The best practice really depends on your particular systems, utilities, and needs. scp certainly is one option, and has several advantages over other methods:

* no need to mount a remote CIFS/NFS share ahead of time,
* in-flight compression,
* encryption,
* passwordless authentication, if so desired.

Other methods worth mentioning are ftp, sftp, rsync, as well using some form of shared storage.

Here's an example cron entry that will perform an scp using in-flight compression at 01:00 every morning:

00 01 * * * scp -C /src/path/* win-user@win-box:/dest/path/ 1> /dev/null

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