what i'd like to do is put the output from a command that continuously loops into a file on the same server i ssh into. for example i'm on server1 and ssh to server2

now if i do this,
ssh user@server2 echo "Hello" > /file.txt

then the file.txt is saved to server one and i want the output to stay on server2, and no, copying it over isn't an option as i'm really trying to get it to work with the nohup command.

As when the connection to the /dev/null is lost the process stops working as well, thats why i want the output to be going to the same server (server2) that i'm trying to get this command to run on.

not sure how to do it i did something like //servername/target but that didn't work at all

Anyideas, maybe just how to get the echo to output to the server2 when running the command on server2 would be a start


thanks

Hi.

should do the job.

Dave

thanks but nope i've tried that already
although i used ` and not '
i thought ' was primarily to show text strings rather like ", i'll give it a whirl
thanks and i'll write back

Hi again.

Quoting in the shell can get a bit weird. Basically:

"" = treat the quoted contents as one object, and allow shell expansion ($HOME becomes /home/username, for example)
'' = treat the quoted contents as one object, with no shell expansion ($HOME would be passed as a literal $HOME string)
`` = run the quoted contents as a shell command, and replace the quote with the output from that command

(Sorry if that was a bit patronising, but maybe it'll be of use to googlers later).

Dave

sorry didn't see you second post due to testing out what you had put, i just want to say i could kiss you right now

Yes that worked great, its sorted out a problem i was having with the nohup command. i was ssh-ing into another server and trying to run a process with the nohup which should say running constantly, but when i closed the ssh it closed the session and because the other server was obviously trying to get to this servers /dev/null and couldn't therefore it closed the process. But i didn't know how to make output targets when using them remotley output to that same server and not the one i was using to ssh with, your echo stuff showed me it was possible i did the same with my nohup command and it worked fantastic.

Thankyou very much totally bang on brilliance.