Peter Ford wrote: > Aschwin Wesselius wrote: >> Rahul wrote: >>> I have a small file to be transferred between two computers every few >>> seconds. I'm using unix with a bare bones version of php, i.e. just >>> the original thing that gets installed when I run "yum install php". >>> As there is no webserver on any of these machines, I was wondering if >>> there is a way to transfer a small file between them and if there is, >>> could someone be kind enough to provide me with an example please? >>> >>> Thank You >> You can use netcat (nc), but that doesn't run in daemon mode. You can >> use them both ways (client / server, sending / receiving). You can use >> them on the commandline with a cronjob or whatever. >> >> Netcat makes it possible to do this, to send content over to port 2200 >> of 192.168.1.1: >> >> cat textfile.txt | nc 192.168.1.1 2200 >> >> On 192.168.1.1 all you do is something like this: >> >> nc -l -p 2200 > textfile.txt >> >> I don't know all the options in depth and may not work like scp does >> (which is way more secure). >> >> So I would go with scp in a cronjob, but netcat is still an option. >> >> > > Here's overkill: use "fuse" to make two sshfs filesystems :) > > # Make some directories to mount the remote stuff onto > mkdir -p mount_point_for_B > mkdir -p mount_point_for_C > > # Use 'fuse' to make SSHFS mounts from the remotes to the new directories > sshfs B:/path_to_where_the_file_is mount_point_for_B > sshfs C:/path_to_where_the_file_goes mount_point_for_C > > # Copy the file across: repeat this step every few seconds (cron job?) > cp mount_point_for_B/the_file_to_copy mount_point_for_C > > # Unmount the SSHFS mounts when you're finished > fusermount -u mount_point_for_B > fusermount -u mount_point_for_C > > > Still not PHP though... > > > Easier in a cron:
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