Configure CRON Job to transfer file from one host to another.

1. Set up SSH Public Key Authentication to connect to a remote host.
2. Create shell script to transfer file.

#!/bin/bash HOST="<Destination_Host_Name> " USER="<Destination_Host_User_Name>" FILE="<Complete_File_Path_With_File_Name>"  sftp $HOST <<END_SCRIPT cd /<Destination_Directory_Location> put $FILE END_SCRIPT echo "File transfer successfully......." exit 0

 Save this file. Let say "fileTransferScript.sh"
3. Add entry in CRONTAB file.
1. Login to source host.
2. Go to folder etc
    cd /etc
3. Use following command to edit CRONTAB file.
    crontab -e
4. Add following cron job entry in file.
   * * * * * <Script_Path>/fileTransferScript.sh
Note: This entry will run the script every minute to transfer file.
Below table will help you to schedule cron job:

Field	Allowed values
Minute (First *)	0-59
Hour (Second *)	0-23
Day of month (Third *)	1-31
Month (Fourth *)	1-12 or Names like Jan, Feb
Day of week (Fifth *)	0-7 (0 or 7 is Sunday)

Some Examples:
15 6 2 1 * /fileTransferScript.sh
Script will run on 2nd January at 6:15 A.M.
15 06 02 Jan * /fileTransferScript.sh
Same as the above entry.
0 9-18 * * * /fileTransferScript.sh
Script will run on every hour from 9 A.M. through 6 P.M on every day.
0 9,18 * * Mon /fileTransferScript.sh
Script will run at 9 A.M. and 6 P.M on every Monday.
30 22 * * Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri /fileTransferScript.sh
Script will run at 10:30 P.M every weekday.