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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Help with macdef (.netrc) Post 302465700 by methyl on Saturday 23rd of October 2010 02:44:22 PM
Old 10-23-2010
Quote:
ls -lrt "|tail -1 | cut -c 55-79 -exec cd {} ;"
The above command is a (sort of) unix command sequence. It is not a valid ftp command.
The ftp protocol is not Shell and it has a very limited command set.


The only way I know to do this with ftp is with three distinct stages:

1) Use ftp to get a directory list (some versions can sort by timestamp, some can't). Store the directory list in a local file.

2) Process the directory list to find the most recent directory.

3) Use ftp to access that directory and download the files you require.
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

ftp

ftp(4)								   File Formats 							    ftp(4)

NAME

       ftp - FTP client configuration file

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/default/ftp

DESCRIPTION

       Use  the ftp file to configure the behavior of the FTP client. Lines that begin with a hash symbol ("# ") are treated as comment  lines and
       are ignored.

   Behavior Directives
       The ftp file supports the following behavior directives:

       FTP_LS_SENDS_NLST=yes | no

	   The ls command of the ftp client sends an NLST to the FTP Server by default. Several non-Solaris clients send LIST instead. In order to
	   make the Solaris ftp client send LIST when the ls command is issued, set FTP_LS_SENDS_NLST to no. The value of FTP_LS_SENDS_NLST is yes
	   by default.

       If the user sets a value for FTP_LS_SENDS_NLST in the user's environment, this value will override any FTP_LS_SENDS_NLST directive that	is
       specified in /etc/default/ftp.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5)  for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWbipr			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       ftp(1), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    22 Oct 2002 							    ftp(4)
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