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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How check for a new file on a ftp-server Post 302247142 by monstrous on Wednesday 15th of October 2008 04:13:16 AM
Old 10-15-2008
Question

Ok, the situation changed a bit:

- I have to connect to a ftp-server
- There are files of .csv-type
- I need to download all of these .csv-files
- After each download I have to put a flag-file for the download to the server (e.g. if I download "xyz-2008-10-12.csv" I have to upload a file called "xyz-2008-10-12.csv.ok" with the size of 0 kb)
(- There is a script running on the ftp-server that moves all files which have a .ok-flagfile to an archive folder)

How can I get a list of the filenames on ftp the easiest way, to touch the new 0 kb-ok-files?

Thanks..
 

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bup-ftp(1)						      General Commands Manual							bup-ftp(1)

NAME
bup-ftp - ftp-like client for navigating bup repositories SYNOPSIS
bup ftp DESCRIPTION
bup ftp is a command-line tool for navigating bup repositories. It has commands similar to the Unix ftp(1) command. The file hierarchy is the same as that shown by bup-fuse(1) and bup-ls(1). Note: if your system has the python-readline library installed, you can use the <tab> key to complete filenames while navigating your backup data. This will save you a lot of typing. COMMANDS
The following commands are available inside bup ftp: ls [-s] [-a] [path] print the contents of a directory. If no path argument is given, the current directory's contents are listed. If -a is given, also include hidden files (files which start with a . character). If -s is given, each file is displayed with its hash from the bup ar- chive to its left. cd dirname change to a different working directory pwd print the path of the current working directory cat filenames... print the contents of one or more files to stdout get filename localname download the contents of filename and save it to disk as localname. If localname is omitted, uses filename as the local name. mget filenames... download the contents of the given filenames and stores them to disk under the same names. The filenames may contain Unix filename globs (*, ?, etc.) help print a list of available commands quit exit the bup ftp client EXAMPLE
$ bup ftp bup> ls mybackup/ yourbackup/ bup> cd mybackup/ bup> ls 2010-02-05-185507@ 2010-02-05-185508@ latest@ bup> cd latest/ bup> ls (...etc...) bup> get myfile Saving 'myfile' bup> quit SEE ALSO
bup-fuse(1), bup-ls(1), bup-save(1), bup-restore(1) BUP
Part of the bup(1) suite. AUTHORS
Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>. Bup unknown- bup-ftp(1)
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