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# 8  
Old 09-20-2007
With SCP can I basically check a return code for successful transfer of file, which if its not successful then I can use the mailx command to send the email notification?
# 9  
Old 09-20-2007
scp file1 host2:file1
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
mailx ............................ # The copy did not complete so send an err mail
fi

As simple as that.
# 10  
Old 09-20-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by kapilraj
scp file1 host2:file1
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
mailx ............................ # The copy did not complete so send an err mail
fi

As simple as that.
Thank you sir, thats awesome.
# 11  
Old 09-22-2007
Quote:
Thank you for the idea. From what I can tell basically this script would just check if the file in the location but not necessarily know if the file is complete, correct?
For this kind of partial file transfer problems, the ftp log should be saved and then the bytes transferred and the size of the actual file from the source should be compared which should reveal any partial transfers.
# 12  
Old 09-24-2007
to test if ftp was successful
most FTP clients always exit with a status of 0. This leads to ugly "false negatives": the file transfer fails, but the script doesn't detect the problem.

One way to verify that a file transfer took place - transfer it back:


Code:
#!/bin/sh

ftp -n << END_SCRIPT
open $1
user $2 $3
put $4
get $4 retrieval.$$
bye
END_SCRIPT

if [ -f retrieval.$$ ]
then
	echo "FTP of $4 to $1 worked"
	rm -f retrieval.$$
else
	echo "FTP of $4 did not work"
       echo "Failed" | mailx -s "FTP failed for ${WHICH_FILE_TO_GET}" abc@xyz.com
fi

Regular FTPs there and back of large files can consume a lot of time.


source: Using ftp in a shell script
 
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