Moving Files Between YDL Machines

[Patrick Larkin]

Hello -

I need to automate the movement of files between machines.  I need to 
move datafiles created on a MacOS X machine to two YDL machines.  I 
need to be able to script the transfer and to use cron to run move the 
files at a precise time.

I've looked into scripting FTP but I'd rather not run FTP daemons.  
I've looked into using ssh/scp but can't find a definitive way to 
script the transfer.  I also looked into curl but again, it seems that 
I need to be running FTP.

What would be the best and most secure way to move files around?  Is it 
possible to "mount" the OS X machine as a volume and just do a cp?  Any 
help appreciated, as always.

Patrick