UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hi all.....
i want to know how to log the details when logging into a server using SFTP......in FTP i used something like (ftp -uv<xxx.srp>>log_file.log) where the details will be logged to log_file...is there any options for doing the same in SFTP....i wanted to display the details abt all responses from the remote server, as well as report on data transfer statistics...

Prepare an sftp file to get the files like the one below

echo binary > ftpfiles.out
echo lcd LOCAL_DIR >> ftpfiles.out
echo cd RDIR >> ftpfiles.out
echo mget FIL1 FIL2 FIL3 >> ftpfiles.out
echo quit >> ftpfiles.out

#### Establish connection with remote server and get files

export LOG_DEST=/where/you/want/your.log

echo " ============================================================================" | tee -a$ LOG_DEST
echo " Starting file transfer from remote host $SFTPHOST at `date +"%H:%M"` " | tee -a $LOG_DEST
sftp -B ftpfiles.out $SFTPUSER@$SFTPHOST | tee -a $LOG_DEST
echo | tee -a $LOG_DEST
echo | tee -a $LOG_DEST
echo " File transfer completed at `date +"%H:%M"` " | tee -a $LOG_DEST
echo " ============================================================================" | tee -a $LOG_DEST


Hope this helps.

Hi tansha....thanks for ur info....i want to know how to log the details when i loggin into a sftp server itself....may i know a elaborate discription on the answer u given above....

Hi,

Actually when u will run the script as above, it will log the messages (connection) and also file transfer info into the log.

Just give it a ty u will have a better idea when u will see the actual output directed into the log file.

regards

yeah will try...thanks a lot..