adding date to a file during FTP

vara32 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-06-2009

I have a very basic question here.
I have to FTP a file from a AIX unix box to a windows server.
But during that I have to rename the file.
For example:
I have to FTP a file called ORDER.TXT from unix and it should go as ORDER_20090101.TXT on to the windows server.

It is not possible to append the date before FTP or after FTP.

Can anybody suggest how to do this?

vgersh99 · #2 (**permalink**) 03-06-2009

'man ftp' yields the following for the 'get':

Code:

     get remote-file [ local-file ]
           Retrieves the remote-file and store it  on  the  local
           machine.  If  the local file name is not specified, it
           is given the same name it has on the  remote  machine,
           subject to alteration by the current case, ntrans, and
           nmap settings. The current settings  for  "representa-
           tion  type", "file structure", and "transfer mode" are
           used while transferring the file.

E.g.:

Code:

get ORDER.TXT ORDER_20090101.TXT

the same is true for the 'put'.

vara32 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-06-2009

Thanks.
But the date should be autogenerated from the system date.
I have to embed that in a script.

ok.. does this work?

put ORDER.TXT ORDER_`date +"%Y%m%d%"`.TXT

vgersh99 · #4 (**permalink**) 03-06-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by vara32

Thanks.
But the date should be autogenerated from the system date.
I have to embed that in a script.

ok.. does this work?

put ORDER.TXT ORDER_`date +"%Y%m%d%"`.TXT

depending on your 'script' - looks good to me.
One way to find out though.......

zTodd · #5 (**permalink**) 03-09-2009

If it doesn't work, might need quotes around your new filename, maybe all within the date function...
put ORDER.TXT `date +"ORDER_+%Y%m%d.TXT"`

jpgleon · #6 (**permalink**) 03-09-2009

Hello

There must be another way of do this, but here is another example:

name=`date "+_%Y%m%d"`
mv EARMDSQA.tar EARMDSQA$name.tar

Regards
Pura vida!

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