How do you check if file exists on remote system?

[Doug Moloney]

I am trying to write a shell script that basically does

if [ -f //remotehost/tmp/HP* ]
then
echo "HP files found"
fi

or
if [ -f remotehost:/tmp/HP* ]
then
echo "HP files found"
fi

But neither work, can someone please help?

[Patrick Wallek]

Here is what I would do:
#If the file, or files, are found then VAR1 will not equal 0
VAR1=`remsh remotesystem "ll /tmp/filename" | wc -l`

if [ VAR1 != 0 ]
then
echo "File(s) exist"
else
echo "File Not Found"
fi

[Rita C Workman]

Hmm...I'm sure others will have more ideas. But I would probably execute a remsh in my script to go out and run a job/script on the remote host. Now that remote script would be a simple find command and then you could just re-route the output to the first server and write it there

find / your_commands > first_server:/dir/output.file

Just a thought,
/rcw

[Doug Moloney]

Not quite, Patrick's was close but right..

ora_svr @ [/u01/app/oracle/admin]# more test.sh
VAR1=`remsh zakori "ll /tmp/doug" | wc -l`

if [ VAR1 != 0 ]
then
echo "File(s) exist"
else
echo "File Not Found"
fi

ora_svr @ [/u01/app/oracle/admin]# sh test.sh
/tmp/doug not found
File(s) exist

[Patrick Wallek]

the if statement should be:

if [ $VAR1 != 0 ]