If you just need to append data remotely, you can use an ssh pipe and perl: echo text | ssh remotemachine "perl -we 'print <STDIN>' >> remotefile" On Wed, 04 Sep 2002, Timothy Wilson wrote: > On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 10:07:41PM -0500, Jim Streit wrote: > > > > What I want to do is have a script running on server A that appends data > > to to a file on server A and appends data to server B, and server C. > > > > I was thinking that I could have the script do an rsync and pull the > > latest version of the remote file, append the data, then rsync and push > > the file back out with the update option. Sounds like a lot of hassel and > > I'm looking for a better way. > > I don't think it would necessarily be a hassle. If you set up RSA > authentication on the servers, then you could use rsync over ssh to do > this pretty easily I would think. > > -Tim > > -- > Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: > Henry Sibley HS | http://www.isd197.org | http://www.zope.com > W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org > wilson at visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list