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cianmscannell
cianmscannell

Reputation: 41

Is it possible to use scp to copy files from remote to local at some predefined time in the future?

Can I make a call to scp now that will execute some time in the future? For example, I want to wait for some code to finish executing on remote and to then transfer the log file to local. I don't necessarily have access to remote at all times.

EDIT: scp requires a passphrase.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 192

Answers (1)

isakbob
isakbob

Reputation: 1539

If you want to run any command in the future, use the at command after your scp command:

at [-m][-f file][-q queuename] timespec
scp [[user@]host1:]file1 ... [[user@]host2:]file2

Where timespec is a specified date or time.

It will not work if you need a passphrase for scp though.

Upvotes: 1

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