There is no binary/text transfer modes in SFTP unlike FTP. All file transfers happen in binary mode only. Try unzipping the file on the source itself to verify if the file is compressed ok. Sometimes a file gets corrupt during downloads also.
You can also try using scp instead of sftp as follows:
I use FTP in a shell script to transfer the files to a remote server.
Sometimes the program hangs without returning any errors
after the command
ftp server_name
How do you detect from within the shell that something is wrong?
How do you trap the errors returned by ftp command?
Any help... (3 Replies)
can someone tell me how I can deal with a problem am having concerning users that are faliing to use one of the shells specified in the /etc/shells file.
as a result, am told, these users are bound fail to connect via FTP. i know i goto check the /etc/shells file on the target host but what... (5 Replies)
hi i have written a shell to automate the ftp process for the particular file.iam getting errors when try to ftp it.And i am cant get why the lcd is not being taken properly as it is taking during runtime.can anyone give me a solution
here its my code
DATE=`date '+%d_%m_%Y'`... (1 Reply)
Hi Guys,
Got problem when I tried to get files from Solaris server to my PC. The connection transfer was using FTP and the connection was made from the solaris server to my PC. Here's what happened when the file transfer being made:
# ftp 10.192.23.230
Connected to 10.192.23.230.
220... (9 Replies)
We recently moved offices and checked our network ID. I have configured all the files that I am familiar with and am able to telnet and ping from my pc but I am unable to ftp. Any suggestions...Thanks (5 Replies)
i have got 2 servers in unix(IBM AIX 5.3) namely below.
test1
production1
i m trying to do ftp from test1 to production1.
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below the script called naveed1.sh which lies in test1,also it have two files called
... (2 Replies)
i m able to login to Unix box from window's cmd
can anyone tell me how to run a script from window cmd using ftp ?
the script is in unix box and i need to run from windows CMD using ftp (2 Replies)
Hello experts,
I've got the following script that is supposed to FTP a file to another box.
#!/usr/bin/ksh
while read line
do
HOST=`echo "$line" | cut -d" " -f1`
USER=`echo "$line" | cut -d" " -f2`
PASSWD=`echo "$line" | cut -d" " -f3`
PATH=`echo "$line" | cut -d" " -f4`
done <... (5 Replies)
Hello,
I have a very simple script that put a file in server ftp
#!/bin/bash
var="ITW-trail-templiers-samedi"
cd /Users/$USER/Desktop
ftp -n >&1 << EOF
open server
quote user "user"
cd oberon
binary
put "$var"
bye
EOF
I have error :
200 Type set to IMAGE.
remote:... (2 Replies)
Dear All
I cannot ftp to my RedHat server from MS Windows machine ,but ping and telnet are ok. I checked as the following :
#chkconfig tftp on
#setup
After enabling tftp service, still the ftp is not ok but ping & telnet are ok. Can you please help me?
Thank you (8 Replies)