Copy a tar file from remote server

[Xiao Cai]

I think $Date cause this problem.
and you should use "scp bk-$Date.tar tomcat at yourlocalmachine:/path/to/your/directory"

Sanjay katiyar wrote:
> I am trying to connect a remote machine thruogh ssh
> and want to tar one directory and copy the tar file in
> my local  machine. My script file looks like this
> **************************
> !/bin/sh
>  
> Date=`date -I`
>  
> ssh -l tomcat www.MyRemoteHost.net
>  
> tar -cvf /opt/tomcat4/MyDir/bk-$Date.tar
> /opt/tomcat4/webapps/MyApp/
> 
> scp tomcat at www.MyRemoteHost.net:MyDir/bk-$Date.tar  .
> **************************
> When I run this script in my local machine it ask for
> password of user tomcat, after supplying
> the password it connects to the remote machine and
> does not execute the rest of the commands.
> 
> Can any one suggest the right script?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Sanjay
> 
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