On 2015-01-02 Fri 14:02 PM |, Christopher Barry wrote: > > I can't speak to ksh being 'better', but it may well be.
Aye, not subject to bash's many security problems, such as #ShellShock & #BashBug that brought loonix to it's knees a couple of months ago. Who wants to be patching boxes at work at weekends when there's more important fun to be had;- Edinburgh FolkSoc Ceilidh Band: Military Two-Step http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNVLDOwxVx4&feature=related > > I have 20 years experience with bash, so I default to it. > Cool Christopher. The smart men on @tech keep ksh slick, so for scripters there's not much difference. Have a go. > If I was going to craft something today to solve this problem, > I think I would probably use rsync over shh though, and not scp. > Like ksh, rdist is in base, (unlike either bash or rsync), and uses ssh by default. A root cronjob like this might be all that is needed: @hourly rdist -f /root/rdist.yp Then it's off to a castle for more flinging of fit Scottish lassies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBCayM6aFJQ&feature=related
