#!/bin/ksh
DATE=$1
if ! [ $DATE ]
then
echo "Please Enter Date in the Format yyyymmdd"
exit 1
fi

LoginName="mdu"
HostName="nsucu125"
SourcePath="/home/users/mdu_ftp/opt/mdu_user/reports/*$DATE.dat.gz"
DestinationPath="/home/acttest/adt_mdu_feeds"

if ! [ $SourcePath ]
then
echo "No Files are Present"
exit 1
fi

if scp $LoginName@$HostName:$SourcePath $DestinationPath
then
echo "Files Transferred Sucessfully"
else
echo "Failed To Transfer $?"
fi



These are the some checks I have applied I need some more checks to this script and also I need this script to be extened with some more meaningful things added into it.