mail should be generated after backup complets

rajini23 · 02-11-2013, 09:36 AM

hi,

I wants to copy the file from on machine to another regularly
using the script so i used to run this script...

scp -rp /opt/test raj@180.190.40.45:/opt/test1

it is working fine but i wants to run every 4 hours i have added in crontab also but i wants to get the mail once the data transfer is completed..
please help me in to get the mail once the data transfer comepletes succefully... using script???

TB0ne · 02-11-2013, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rajini23

hi,

I wants to copy the file from on machine to another regularly
using the script so i used to run this script...

scp -rp /opt/test raj@180.190.40.45:/opt/test1

it is working fine but i wants to run every 4 hours i have added in crontab also but i wants to get the mail once the data transfer is completed..
please help me in to get the mail once the data transfer comepletes succefully... using script???

That's not a script...that's a single command on one line. If you put it in a file, and put a line beneath it to send you an email, THEN it's a script. There is a link to a scripting tutorial in my post signature...please read it, and it should tell you what you need to know.

Code:

#!/bin/bash
scp -rp /opt/test raj@180.190.40.45:/opt/test1
echo "message" | mail -s "Subject" user@domain.com

There...a script that sends you an email when the scp job is done.

rajini23 · 02-11-2013, 10:10 AM

Thanks for your reply, But if data transfer failed how do i know???

jpollard · 02-11-2013, 10:29 AM

If it is running cron you will get a mail message of the activity log each time the entry runs.

TB0ne · 02-11-2013, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rajini23

Thanks for your reply, But if data transfer failed how do i know???

That's the part where YOU write your script to check such things. We will be glad to help, but again (as in your other thread), we aren't going to write your scripts for you.

You have many options; you can check the file size from the originating server and compare it against what you've got on the receiver, take an MD5 checksum and compare it. Those are just two.