Login or Register to Ask a Question and Join Our Community

Sponsored Content
Full Discussion: FTP script variable issue
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting FTP script variable issue Post 302629151 by methyl on Tuesday 24th of April 2012 11:14:27 AM
Old 04-24-2012
Though we would never write script in this manner, the method will only work if you use the Shell eval command to defer processing of the variable until after the value of $i is known. The \$ is important to stop Shell evaluation of the variable name on the first pass.

Code:
eval FTIHOST=\${UDL_FTIHOST_$i}
eval FTIUSER=\${UDL_FTIUSER_$i}
eval FTIPWD=\${UDL_FTIPWD_$i}

The eval command has security issues. There is always a better way. In your case a Shell Array might be better but personally I'd have a Shell Function to do the ftp and call it with three parameters.

Ps. The EOF line is missing from the end of the Here Document.
Neither $LOGFILE or $LOG_FILE are set.
Last edited by methyl; 04-24-2012 at 12:44 PM..
 

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Unix Shell script FTP Issue

Hi All We have a number of FTP Shell scripts running every day on a scheduled basis. The issue we have is if the host connection is not available after a little while ftp times out and the script hangs as the shell returns to the ftp> prompt waiting for input from a user. Any ideas how... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: mlucas
2 Replies

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

passing ip address as a variable to script for ftp

Still a Beginner here .. Does anyone no how to get the IP address of the machine thats logged in (bearing in mind there will be others logged in) while they are logged in to the Unix server and pass this as a variable to a shell script so as I can FTP files to that machine via a shell script, at... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Gerry405
2 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

please help ftp script issue

hi, I have ftp script where the user name has "\" in it and my script unable to detect it....here is what I am doing... `ftp -vin <<- FTP >> log.txt 2>&1 user ibm\user password FTP` my log says.. user ibmuser not found... please help..... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: mgirinath
4 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Performance issue with ftp script.

Hi All, I have written a script to FTP files from local server to remote server. When i try it for few number of files the scripts runs successfully. But the same script when i run for 200-300 files it gives me performanace issue by aborting the connection. Please help me out to improve the... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: Shiv@jad
7 Replies

5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

FTP-Shell Script-Performance issue

Hello All, Request any one of Unix/Linux masters to clarify on the below. How far it is feasible to open a new ftp connection for transferring each file when there are multiple files to be sent. I have developed shell script to send all files at single stretch but some how it doesnt suit to... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: RSC1985
3 Replies

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

using a variable within ftp shell script

hi all i have a problem. i have a file called 20091015_extract.csv in my shell script i set the following variable: TODAY=`date +%Y%m%d` when i start an ftp session (within my shell script) I want to transfer the file like this: put $TODAY_extract.csv however, ftp is not... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: soliberus
2 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to pass variable to ftp script?

how can I use shell variable inside ftp script as in below:- the case as below:- I have folder names as (Sunday,Monday...etc) and inside these folders I am trying to get files where their names are "mf_usm_ssnc*_mo0'HOUR''MIN'". where HOUR= hour as in `date "+%H"` - 2 MIN= either... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: ahmad.diab
2 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

variable issue in a bash in a shell script

Hi, I am trying to write a PBS shell script that launches a bash process. The issue is that the bash process needs a variable in it and the shell script is interpreting the variable. How do I pass this as a literal string? Here is my code snippit: TMP=".fasta" FILEOUT=$FILE$TMP cd... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: bioBob
2 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

FTP command issue in shell script

Hi All I am using following code in my shell script to send the file to a mainframe server. ftp -in $FTP_IP_SEND <<END_OF_FTP >$LOG_DIR/ProviderExportFTP.log quote user $FTP_USER_SEND quote pass $FTP_PASS_SEND ascii send ./ProviderExport.txt 'PROJ.PDRCACTS.FD87050.EXPORT' (REPLACE... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Renjith180282
3 Replies

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Issue with the shell script after storing the directory in a variable

FTP is connecting to the server but i am getting an error - Enter if the env is dev or test or prod: test Please enter the id no : xxxxxxx Connected to xxxx 220 (vsFTPd 2.2.2) 331 Please specify the password. 230 Login successful. ?Invalid command ?Invalid command ?Invalid command... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: chandraprakash
3 Replies

LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

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 5.11							    22 Oct 2002 							    ftp(4)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:28 AM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy