Hi All,
Original question.
I would like to check if a directory exists on a remote machine,
from within a script. Therefore, I need the status of this check.
Does anybody have an idea of how to go about this. I don't want to
have to go and create a script on the remote machine.
Reply from: Brion Leary <brion@dia.state.ma.us>
Assuming you can rsh remote and your shell is /bin/sh, use
dis=`rsh remote if [ -d $dir ] \; then echo yes \; else echo no \; fi`
if [ "$dis" = yes ] ; then
echo "dir $dir exits on $remote"
else
echo "dir $dir does not exits on $remote"
fi
Reply from: Anchi azhang@ect.enron.com
if rsh $remote ls -d $directory 2>/dev/null | egrep -s $directory
then
echo $directory exists
else
echo $directory not found
fi
Reply from : Phil Barone pbarone@harris.com
I have my admin scripts automounted so I can see that directory on all my
machines. This way even though you are querying a script that runs on
another
machine, you don't have to copy it there.
Example: You have 2 scripts.
script 1: Meant to run locally, it basically does a if -d directory
or -f file
then return 1 or yes whatever.( this is just psuedo code ).
script 2: This script runs from any machine and does a rsh to script 1
with
the directory name and looks at script 1's output. If 1 then dir or file
exists.
Thanks guys for all your help.
If anybody is interested in the script I am writing, it transfers software
from a central
server to a list of workstations let me know and I will e-mail it to them.
Regards,
Vassilo Walluschnig
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