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# 1  
Old 11-23-2015
Error FTP script to get latest file from server
Hello people,

I have to download, with a scheduled script, the latest file from an FTP server.


In the remote DIR, named .../TEKNONET/60468/, every night a CDR file like this gets uploaded into it: 000006046820151122N001.CDR, so my script will have to download every day the previous day file.


Could you please help me to build this script?
Thanks
# 2  
Old 11-23-2015
Any attempts/ideas/thoughts from your side?

Is that the only file in the remote directory? Do you have interactive access to that server?
# 3  
Old 11-23-2015
Do it in two passes. This is not complete.
Code:
ftp host >new_file_list <<EOF
ls 
quit
EOF
diff old_file_list new_file_list >files_to_get
list=`cat files_to_get`
ftp host <<EOF 
get $list
quit
EOF
ls >old_file_list  # lists only files received.

# 4  
Old 11-24-2015
I have to login in this remote FTP. I suppose that it is interactive as I can do ls and other commands.
Could you please post a bash to login ftp, cd to remote directory /TEKNONET/60468/ and then get the latest file in this format: 0000060468yyyymmddN00. Zip?
I stress the fact that this "automate script" must download every day the regarding zip file.
Ex. Today's zip file belongs to yesterday, yesterday's file belonged to the day before yesterday, ecc...

Thanks
# 5  
Old 11-24-2015
.Zip? .CDR? ...N00? ...N001? Does your system offer date -d? What version of bash?
# 6  
Old 11-24-2015
Yes I can use all of those options
# 7  
Old 11-24-2015
I'm using Ubuntu so I have all the functions you required.
I tried seeing wget but not able to develop the script Smilie
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