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Old 04-26-2007
History of old FTP transfers

How can one find the name and size of files ftp'ed during an old ftp transfer.

Is there any log where these details are stored or any UNIX command which can provide these details.

Thanks in advance.
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Old 04-30-2007
The FAQ submission queue is not a place to submit a question which you think might be asked quite frequently. It is a place to create a thread that contains some answers to the more frequently asked questions.

And regarding your question, unless your ftp script (if you have one) has kept these details, you won't find this information stored by the system.
# 3  
Old 04-30-2007
Hi blowtorch,
Please let me know where should I post any new queries then.

Regarding the FTP query I have posted, I am not using any script. Just using the UNIX ftp command to transfer files. Are these details not stored anywhere, in any of the logs.

If this is so then is there any method by which I can retrieve these details for new FTP transfers. I assume that since for old ftp transfers these details are not stored by the system I can't retrieve them in anyway.
# 4  
Old 04-30-2007
You have to do something like this:
Code:
echo "
open node
USER pass pswd
verbose
cd /somewhere
put somefile
bye 
" > /usr/bin/ftp -n >>  /path/to/myftp.log

# 5  
Old 05-02-2007
Hi Jim,
Thanks for the reply. Need some clarifications regarding the code snippet you have given. I believe this is a shell script for storing details of new ftp transfers in a file.

echo "
open node
# Open connection to the remote server
USER pass pswd
# Connect using user-id and password
verbose
# Switch off verbose
cd /somewhere
put somefile
# Some instructions
bye
" > /usr/bin/ftp -n >> /path/to/myftp.log
# What does '> /usr/bin/ftp -n' do exactly. Should it be reading '<' from /usr/bin/ftp and then writing to a file.
# How can I go about implementing this script so that details of all new ftp transfers are logged in a file.

Thanks in Advance
Nakul
 
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