Karthick,   Another thing you might check into is drive mappings.  In my shop, we have both UNIX (AIX) and LINUX servers, just as you do, but our drives are mapped such that many of the LINUX drives (which have data) can be read by the UNIX machine (which has SAS).   Barring that, there are ways to write things like BASH scripts to automate file transfers.  We're using lftp on our UNIX server.  It's a little obscure, but not that bad.  You might check and see what is available to you in your installation, and then Google that product's name for examples of how to use it.   Jim ... View more