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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Get the most recent file from a remote server Post 302090592 by vgersh99 on Tuesday 26th of September 2006 03:47:13 PM
Old 09-26-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by anujairaj
Thanks for the reply.
I did not understand what you mean by 'massage the listing'.
there are numerous files in the remote directory and I cannot get all of them into the local machine and then pick the recent one.
I need to pick the recent file in the remote and get only that file.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
doing 'man ftp' yields the following for the ftp's "ls" command:
Code:
     ls [ remote-directory | -al ] [ local-file ]
           Prints an abbreviated listing of  the  contents  of  a
           directory  on  the remote machine. If remote-directory
           is left unspecified, the current working directory  is
           used.

           The -a option lists all entries, including those  that
           begin  with  a dot (.), which are normally not listed.
           The -l option lists files in long format, giving mode,
           number of links, owner, group, size in bytes, and time
           of last modification for each file. If the file  is  a
           special  file,  the  size  field  instead contains the
           major and minor device numbers rather than a size.  If
           the  file  is a symbolic link, the filename is printed

get the 'listing' of the direcotry on the 'remote' host.
spool that listing to the 'local' machine's file.
'massage' the listing on the local machine to determine the 'newest' file.
ftp 'get' the "newest" file from the remote machine.
 

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LEARN ABOUT SUSE

gftp

GFTP(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   GFTP(1)

NAME

       gftp - file transfer client for *NIX based machines.

SYNOPSIS

       gftp [options] [[proto://][ user : [pass] @] server [: port ][/ directory ]]

DESCRIPTION

       gFTP  is  a file transfer client for *NIX based machines. It currently has a text interface and a GTK+ 1.2/2.x graphical interface. It cur-
       rently supports the FTP, FTPS (control connection only), HTTP, HTTPS, SSH and FSP protocols.

OPTIONS

       You may enter a url on the command line that gFTP will automatically connect to when it starts up.

       --help, -h
	      Display program usage.

       --info Display some information about how gFTP was built. Please send the output of this command when submitting a bug report.

       --version, -v
	      Display the current version of gFTP.

       proto  This specifies the protocol that should be used. It can currently be one of the following options: ftp, ftps, http, https, ssh, fsp,
	      local and bookmark. If omitted, the protocol specified by the default_protocol option will be used.

       user   The username that will be used to log into the remote server. If omitted, your current username will be used for most protocols. For
	      the FTP protocol, the anonymous username will be used.

       pass   The password that will be used to log into the remote server. If omitted, you will be prompted for the password. If  you	are  using
	      the FTP protocol, and the username is anonymous, then your email address will be used as the password.

       server The remote server to connect to.

       port   The  remote port on the server to connect to. If omitted, the default port for the protocol will be used. The port will be looked up
	      in the services(5) file.

       directory
	      The directory to change to once you are connected to the remote server.

FILES

       ~/.gftp/gftprc
	      Per user configuration file. Most of these options can be edited inside gFTP. This file is also commented very well.   ~/.gftp/book-
	      marks
		     Per user bookmarks file.

BUGS

       If you find any bugs in gFTP, please report them to GNOME's Bugzilla at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/

AUTHOR

       Brian Masney <masneyb@gftp.org> - http://www.gftp.org/

								    MARCH 2007								   GFTP(1)
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