Software Request: Backup

[Joe[x86]]

Uh, yeah. A friend of mine is looking for a program that can automatically take files from a list, and put them in an alternate location, from another list. Anyone know a program that can do this, or is willing to write one?

[K]

Why do you need a list for the destination? Or do you want to rename the files as well as move them?

[Charles]

Basically what the program is supposed to do is copy a file from a destination like C:\My Documents\Pics\Pic.bmp to another folder on a different computer that is networked with the source destination.   Kind of need the ability to make a list of source locations and destination locations and a way to tell it what time to start this activity too please.  Think it's possible?

[Joe[x86]]

(Its for him =p)

[nslay]

Write a script

[Kp]

#!/usr/bin/perl

# This is off-the-cuff, but it should do what you want.  No warranties, of course.
# This program is not suitable for any purpose at all.  Back up your entire house before using.
# User assumes all responsibility for installing perl and for any damage caused by the use, misuse, or incompetent use, of this program.

while (<>) {
  chomp;
  ($l, $r) = split;
  rename $l, $r;
}

[iago]

I dunno, the easier way might be:

scp `cat sourcefiles` destip:destdirectory

Example:

iago@Slayer:~/tmp$ touch test1 test2 testc
iago@Slayer:~$ cat > files
test1
test2
testc

iago@Slayer:~/tmp$ scp `cat files` 24.76.173.61:/tmp
[email protected]'s password:
test1                                         100%    0     0.0KB/s   00:00   
test2                                         100%    0     0.0KB/s   00:00   
testc                                         100%    0     0.0KB/s   00:00   
iago@Slayer:~/tmp$

[Kp]

I dunno, the easier way might be:

scp `cat sourcefiles` destip:destdirectory

True, but that doesn't permit per-file renames, and it'll require several extra utilities to work on an MS-Windows system.  My method only requires perl.  Yours requires scp, cat, and a shell smart enough to process backticks.

[iago]

I dunno, the easier way might be:

scp `cat sourcefiles` destip:destdirectory

True, but that doesn't permit per-file renames, and it'll require several extra utilities to work on an MS-Windows system.  My method only requires perl.  Yours requires scp, cat, and a shell smart enough to process backticks.

Well, I was going to use a "for i in..." which would support renaming with a simple "cut" or something, but that would require you to input your password for every file

[Joe[x86]]

Hes in Windows =p

[rabbit]

omg.....batch

Code Select Expand

copy %%a, %%b
Done.

[Joe[x86]]

Hm, come to think about it, he could just map the drive hes backing up to as Z:.

[Explicit]

I'm still lost as to what you guys are trying to do; all I'm getting out of this is the synchronization aspect, but I'm not exactly sure.

[Joe[x86]]

Charlie doesn't exactly have a stable system, yet he wants his files to stay safe.

[Yoni]

My method only requires perl. Yours requires scp, cat, and a shell smart enough to process backticks.

Kp's method, then, is the one with heavier requirements, isn't it?