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Roman
Roman

Reputation: 195

How to check if file exist on remote machine by scp in loop

How To loop this code:

if scp remote-host:~/myfile ./ >& /dev/null
then 
    echo "transfer OK"
else 
    sleep 20
fi

loop must every 20 sec check for file on remote host, if file appear loop have to exit.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2880

Answers (2)

Shawn Chin
Shawn Chin

Reputation: 86854

while true
do
    if scp remote-host:~/myfile . &> /dev/nul
    then
        echo "transfer OK"
        break
    fi
    sleep 30
done

Or, if you prefer something more compact:

while :; do 
    (scp remote-host:~/myfile . &> /dev/null) && break
    sleep 30
done
echo "transfer OK"

Note that : is a built-in null command with a zero (success) exit code.

Upvotes: 1

HTBR
HTBR

Reputation: 1023

Try:

while true
    if scp remote-host:~/myfile ./ >&/dev/null;
      then echo "transfer OK"; 
    fi
    sleep 20;
done

Upvotes: 1

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