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SCP Backup without overwriting and copying from remote to local

Hey experts,

This is a tricky one:

I have two servers, the first one is a NAS and the second I`ll call XTREAMER (It's a media center with limited shell functions - running BusyBox).

XTREAMER has no rsync capability, but it`s able to connect to NAS without a password (ssh key installed)
NAS cannot connect via ssh to XTREAMER (installing ssh keys on XTREAMER does not work).

So basically I tought I could just copy files using scp:

On XTREAMER:

scp user@NAS:/nasfolder/ /xtreamerfolder/

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The problem is that I`d like to check if the file is already on XTREAMER, and if it is I do not wish to copy it.

Can somebody help me out with a script that connects from XTREAMER to NAS, gets a list of files/folders on NAS, checks the ones that exist back on XTREAMER and scp those that do not exist on XTREAMER? (remember that ssh only works from XTREAMER to NAS so scp has to run on XTREAMER side)

Keep in mind that XTREAMER has really limited unix functions. I know ssh/scp is working fine though.

Thanks a lot, sorry I couldn`t come up with a code, unix programming is just not my thing :/

I hope I made myself clear :)

santoshmotwani

I dont think its possible with scp (without overwriting)

lupadilha

ASKER

santoshmotwani, I`ve seen a script that can check from local to remote, I guess it just neets adaptation:

for FILE in $LOCAL_FILELIST
do
  OUT=`ssh remote_user@remote_hostname ls /remote_path/$FILE`
  if [ "$OUT" = "" ]
  then 
       echo "...copy File $FILE"
       scp  $FILE  remote_user@remote_hostname:/remote_path
   else 
       echo "...File already exist -> do nothing"
   fi
done

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lupadilha

ASKER

I.E.: I retrieved the list of files from NAS with:
[code]OUT='ssh user@NASMACHINE ls /path/to/files/'[/code]

Now I need to read "OUT" line by line and for those files that are not in the local directory, SCP them.

Help anyone?

lupadilha

ASKER

Here's a little something I did... I just don't know why it keeps getting the contents of $LIST instead of running the script on $LIST. Can anyone help me out?

LIST='ssh user@NAS ls /PATH/TO/FILES/'
for FILE in $LIST
do
  OUT='ls /path/on/xtreamer/'
  if [ "$OUT" = "$FILE" ]
  then 
       echo "...File already exist -> do nothing"
   else 
       echo "...copy File $FILE"
       scp -r user@NAS:/path/to/files/$FILE /path/to/files/on/xtreamer/
   fi
done

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lupadilha

ASKER

Exactly what I needed, thank you so much.

lupadilha

ASKER

petriv, this solution does not parse directories with spaces (it creates directories with spaces but when it tries to enter them an error occurs, i.e.:

/ # ./copyfiles.sh
[/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/Filmes] creating ././Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
././Diary: No such file or directory.
./Of: No such file or directory.
./A: No such file or directory.
./Wimpy: No such file or directory.

any solutions?

Thanks