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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Deleting multiple files off an ftp server once they have been downloaded Post 302936387 by sph90457 on Wednesday 25th of February 2015 07:09:35 AM
Old 02-25-2015
RedHat Deleting multiple files off an ftp server once they have been downloaded
Hello,

I have a server that I have to ftp files off and they all start SGRD and are followed by 6 numbers.

Code:
SGRD000001
SGRD000002
SGRD000003

The script I have will run every 10 mins to pick up files as new ones will be coming in all the time and what I want to do is delete the files I have picked up from the ftp site as I don't want to keep downloading the same files.

Once I have downloaded the files I need to rename them. Before the renaming process I have done an ls SGRD* > Myfile on the files I have downloaded and then run a loop to put delete in front of the file names.

Myfile contents
Code:
delete SGRD000001
delete SGRD000002
delete SGRD000003

Is there anyway that I can run the commands within Myfile on the ftp server so that I just delete the files I downloaded ?

Another question I have is, is it possible to move the files that I have downloaded into a backup folder on the ftp server or do I have do download the files and upload them back to the ftp server ?

I tried rename in various different ways and it didn't work with multiple files.
Last edited by rbatte1; 02-25-2015 at 10:30 AM.. Reason: Added ICODE tags
 

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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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