A simple script to test scp working correct by Cronjob

cronscp

#!/bin/sh

TIME_FILE=/etc/temp/datetime.txt
USER=admin
REMOTE_SERVER=192.168.0.1
REMOTE_PORT=22
REMOTE_PATH=/home/admin/temp

# Make a file and then send to Lab server
date > $TIME_FILE

scp $TIME_FILE $USER@$REMOTE_SERVER:$REMOTE_PATH -p $REMOTE_PORT

echo $TIME_FILE

Steps to test:

• Make sure the involved path are ready
• Setup the SSH auto login without password prompt (http://www.rebol.com/docs/ssh-auto-login.html)
• Test once in shell environment
• Setup the cronjob (reference: https://www.pantz.org/software/cron/croninfo.html)
• Check the result at the remote server

Why you may use this testing script:

• You want to create a backup process from one server to another
• You want to make sure the "auto ssh login" working when it is called by cronjob