Checking if network is up before you try to ftp will not help if the network goes while a transfer is happening.
I don't know how long a ftp-client usually "hangs" until it receives a timeout and if it really spits out a return code >1 in that case (it should). Different ftp-clients might have different options for this.
ftp is not encrypted and unsecure - maybe switch to ssh/scp/sftp and set up public key authentication, if it is an option. You would also not have to write clear passwords in a file.
You can use helpful options with scp for example like:
Code:
ConnectionAttempts
ConnectTimeout
see man scp.
You can script a lot of things around it to make it more waterproof for your problem case, but generally I'd say you should try to solve that network problem as priority and implement the ssh/scp/sftp protocol suite.
I have got a unix server ( AIX ) and 20 clients ( windows 2000 ) . I have to transfer a file through FTP from the server to each of 20 clients daily to check the network speed.
But each time I do ftp, I have to enter username and password and then transfer the file using "put <filename>". I... (2 Replies)
Hi,
the default ftp that comes with AIX5L is not secured as far as i know.
How to install and use the secured FTP in AIX?
Linux these days uses vsftpd daemon(very secured FTP daemon) is there VSFTPD for AIX?
if there is any where can i download it from?
thanks and regards
Pchangba (1 Reply)
Hi,
I want to configure chrooted FTP (not Proftpd) in AIX.
What are the steps to perform this configuration and which and config files in AIX to configure?
Thanks (1 Reply)
Hi All
We have planned to communicate with our trading prtner via FTP.
We both have servers running on AIX. We want to exchange files with each other via FTP.
I am new to AIX. Any help appreciated:)
Thanks:) (7 Replies)
Hi,
I'm trying to create a ftp script so I can make an ftp connection and start upload and download files from/to remote servers.
In this case I want to start a connection (crontab) and transfer files from localserver1 to remoteserver; remoteserver to localserver1; finally from localserver1... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I want to set FTP server on AIX to read only mode. I found out manual page for /etc/ftpaccess.ctl (manual page ).
I tried put readonly: ALL or
readonly: ALL
writeonly: NONE
and nothing happened (of course, I restart FTP server by stopsrc -t ftp; startsrc -t ftp) (2 Replies)
Hi,
I ftpd "binary" mode into a AIX server and transferred .tar.tar files.
When i untar using "tar -xvf <filename>.tar.gz"
It shows "tar: 0511-169 A directory checksum error on media; 0 not equal to 70568."
Please Help!! (3 Replies)
I am trying to transfer logs from Aix 6.1 to a linux appliance but it is not happening from last one month if i execute the batch command by command i can execute well but if i do it in shell script it is stuck without any error.
Any one know how to generate a FTP client trace to know the issue... (10 Replies)
Hi All,
This is the scenario:-
I am writing a script to automate FTP files from AIX to Mainframe. ( Binary mode, passive connection)
FTP the currently available files(poll a directory to find the list) and put it to mainframe in one connection instance
Verify if all the files are copied... (24 Replies)
This discussion thread is an extension to what was discussed in Shell scripting section.
Please refer the post for the requirement:
Requirement Post - Click Here
The whole thread - Click Here
I would like to know how I can use NDM to transfer file from AIX to Mainframe and to verify the... (3 Replies)
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plpftp
plpftp(1) User commands plpftp(1)NAME
plpftp - FTP-like program for manipulating files on the Psion.
SYNOPSIS
plpftp [-h] [-V] [-p [host:]port] [long-options] [ FTP-command [parameters]]
DESCRIPTION
plpftp provides an FTP style interface for the psion. It requires the ncpd to be running already to provide access to the serial port.
plpftp has online help. To see the available commands start the program and enter "help".
OPTIONS -V, --version
Display the version and exit
-h, --help
Display a short help text and exit.
-p, --port=[host:]port
Specify the host and port to connect to (e.g. The port where ncpd is listening on) - by default the host is 127.0.0.1 and the port
is looked up in /etc/services. If it is not found there, a builtin value of 7501 is used.
FTP-command parameters
Allows you to specify an plpftp command on the command line. If specified, plpftp enters non interactive mode and terminates after
executing the command.
SEE ALSO ncpd(8), plpfuse(8), plpprintd(8), sisinstall(1)AUTHOR
Fritz Elfert
Heavily based on p3nfsd by Rudolf Koenig (rfkoenig@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de) and plp_1_7 by Philip Proudman (phil@proud-
man51.freeserve.co.uk)
Man page by John Lines (john+plpman@paladin.demon.co.uk)
plptools 1.0.9 2007/12/26 plpftp(1)