diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DSHCLI.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DSHCLI.pm
index 8436fa502..6425222e0 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DSHCLI.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DSHCLI.pm
@@ -912,6 +912,7 @@ sub fork_fanout_dcp
                   or die "can not open file /tmp/rsync_$user_target";
                 my $dest_dir_list = join ' ',
                   keys %{$$options{'destDir_srcFile'}{$user_target}};
+                print RSYNCCMDFILE "#!/bin/sh\n";
                 print RSYNCCMDFILE "/bin/mkdir -p $dest_dir_list\n";
                 foreach my $dest_dir (
                              keys %{$$options{'destDir_srcFile'}{$user_target}})
diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/RSYNC.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/RSYNC.pm
index 56dee0efb..f6ece6a10 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/RSYNC.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/RSYNC.pm
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ sub remote_copy_command
             $dest_user_host =
               "$$config{'dest-user'}@" . "$$config{'dest-host'}";
         }
+        print RSCYCCMDFILE "#!/bin/sh\n";
         print RSCYCCMDFILE
           "/usr/bin/ssh  $dest_user_host '/bin/mkdir -p $dest_dir_list'\n";
 
@@ -89,7 +90,8 @@ sub remote_copy_command
         {
             my @src_file =
               @{$$config{'destDir_srcFile'}{$dest_dir}{'same_dest_name'}};
-            @src_file = map { $_ if -e $_; } @src_file;
+            #Remove a file from the list if it does not exist 
+            #@src_file = map { $_ if -e $_; } @src_file; 
             my $src_file_list = join ' ', @src_file;
             if ($src_file_list)
             {