On 3/7/08, Rahul <rahul986@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Thank you all so much for replying... I guess I was very vague in > describing the situation. I will write in detail: > > I have three computers A, B and C. To login to B and C I should use A > because it has a SSH key. I don't have any other way of accessing these > two computers. Now, if I need to transfer a file between B and C, I am > unable to find a way that would work... because I don't know how to > authenticate without SSH keys... I was gathering some data in B and C > using PHP. Now, I need these two computers to coordinate a little and > didn't want to use a server in between and so I was thinking of > establishing a direct connection between them.. If you have ruled out web server and ssh, then you can use ftp using PHP or use NFS mounting. Zareef Ahmed wrote: > > On 3/7/08, Shawn McKenzie <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 > >>> > >>> > >> FYI... If you're using yum I assume it's a Linux machine (maybe > Fedora) > >> and not Unix. > > > > > > > > If you want to use rsync and scp in a cronjob (for continuous transfer > at a > > predefined interval), you may need to set your server (read ssh) to > accept > > connection without password. > > Ref : http://linuxproblem.org/art_9.html > > > > BUT If you really want to do that from PHP, you can install a web server > and > > enable http as your stream for opening files. (In php.ini) > > You can read the file using fopen or any other file functions, then can > > write that file to the server on which script will be running, then you > can > > set this script as your cron job. > > > > For example : > > > > $filecontents=file_get_contents("http://firstserver/file.txt";); > > > > $fp=fopen("path to local file", "mode"); > > > > Now use $fiiecontents to write the file using $fp resource. > > > > BUT remember, using rsync is always a better solution, and > file_get_contents > > and file functions are resource hungry, specially they will consume more > > memory of your system. > > > > > > > > -- > >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > >> > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Zareef Ahmed http://www.zareef.net A PHP Developer in India
