hi... there are multiple ways of doing this... a simple approach: create a list of the files iterate through the list for file a copy from destination to source get, compare the filesize,mdsum,etc for the source, dest files if the files match (size,hash,etc...) delete the sourcefile continue... -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ugo Bellavance Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:13 PM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: copy a bunch of rile, then delete from source Hi, Here is what I want to do: - Copy a number of files (using a wildcard, like logapplication*.tar.gz) from one server to another - Once done, I want to delete the files from the source server. The first step is easy to do... ssh keys, cronjob, and scp. However, can I be sure that the file has been copied successfully? I thought of comparing md5sums source/destination before deleting the source. Could rsync be of help? Regards, Ugo -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list