Re: copy a bunch of rile, then delete from source

Herta Van den Eynde wrote:
> On 10/04/2008, Ugo Bellavance <ugob@lubik.ca> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>   Here is what I want to do:
>>
>> - Copy a number of files (using a wildcard, like
logapplication*.tar.gz)
>> from one server to another
>> - Once done, I want to delete the files from the source server.
>>
>> The first step is easy to do... ssh keys, cronjob, and scp.  However,
can
>> I be sure that the file has been copied successfully?  I thought of
>> comparing md5sums source/destination before deleting the source.
>>
>> Could rsync be of help?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ugo
> 
> 
> for i in  logapplication*.tar.gz
> do
>   scp -p $i user@remote-host:
>   if ((! $?))
>   then
>     rm $i
>   else
>     echo "copy of $I failed"
>   fi
> done
> 
> $? is the return status of the previous command.  If the scp is
successful,
> it will return 0.
> 0, somewhat contradictory, means "false" to an if-statement. 
Hence, "if ((!
> $?))" = "if not false" = "if copy successful",
remove the source file.

Thanks, but does the success of SCP ensure me that the file at 
destination is exactly the same as source (of course, the source file 
isn't changed).

Regards,