I suspect the difference arises from the remote ftp code's rename command being implemented two different ways on the remote servers:
system 1
call the equivalent of C:
This would mean invoking the /bin/sh shell on the remote machine, which in turn would see a '#' character as a comment, which requires your escape "\" fix.
system 2
call the mv syscall or the C standard library's rename library call - this never invokes /bin/sh so no shell is called.
Note: /bin/sh can be a completely different object on different machines - it is NOT necessarily the shell that you use to run the ftp script locally.
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I doin a script in sh.
For example:
i have this code here whereby $5 is a text file. eg file.txt. I wanna rename it to file.txt.tmp. so i use this code below which is correct.
put $5 $5.tmp
But when the ftp transfer is complete i need to rename the file back to $5 which is file.txt.
How do... (2 Replies)
hi friends,
I writing a script to psot dataset to ceratin server.....while doing ftp I have to rename the file while which is in present server like
present :test server
filename data.097878.
ftp server: it sholu be renamed as data.097878.zip
thanks,
The thing is that while... (1 Reply)
Hi All,
I want to rename set of files in the remote server which iam unable to do . i can rename only one file
at a time . for example
ftp $REMOTESERVER
{
rename $NAME1 $NAME2
} is working
whereas
ftp $REMOTESERVER
{
rename $NAME1*.dat $NAME2*.data
} is not working ...... (4 Replies)
Hi
I have following list of files at a path:
01.AR.asset
01.AR.index
01.AR.asset.vf
01.AR.asset.xv
I want to rename all these files as follows:
73.AR.asset.Z
73.AR.index.Z
73.AR.asset.vf.Z
73.AR.asset.xv.Z
Can any body give me a single command to acheive the above results.
... (5 Replies)
How do i rename all the files using a script ?
My server create log files and save them with numbering behind the name. for e.g. daily_20080101.log.0001 and so on ... How do a script and crontab it to remove all the numbering? Please help thanks. (2 Replies)
Greetings,
I am very new to the UNIX shell scripting and would like to learn. However, I am currently stuck on how to process the below sample :
Filename : DOCabcdef24387987ab90d.xml
Pattern "DOC"+any character using and +".xml"
And i want to change the second part of that file (any... (20 Replies)
Hi all,
I wish to know about a simple concept of mv command in UNIX. Is moving a file to a different directory takes longer than renaming it in the same direcotry using the mv command?
The scenerio is that I have to transfer a file from one directory to a location which is regularly scanned... (3 Replies)
Hello All,
I am trying to connect to ftp server and get the files. Also i need to rename the file in other ftp dir.
rename method is not allowing me to rename the file in other dir. When i tried copy command by using net::FTP:FILE then perl says it is not installed.
Can some body help me to... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have a large series of directories and subdirectories with many jpgs in them. I need to do two things:
1. Create a copy of each jpg found within it's own subdirectory
2. Rename this copied jpg such that apple.jpg becomes apple_m.jpg
I have tried to run the following commands in... (1 Reply)
Hey all, I really need help with some homework I'm having on UNIX. This probably sounds stupid, but I'm being asked to move a file to a specific directory and rename it a specified name in one command. I know how to do it in more than one command, I just can't seem to figure it out using only one... (1 Reply)
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
netrc
netrc(4) File Formats netrc(4)NAME
netrc - file for ftp remote login data
DESCRIPTION
The .netrc file contains data for logging in to a remote host over the network for file transfers by ftp(1). This file resides in the
user's home directory on the machine initiating the file transfer. Its permissions should be set to disallow read access by group and oth-
ers. See chmod(1).
Tokens can be separated by SPACE, TAB, or NEWLINE characters. The following tokens are supported:
account string Supply an additional account password. If this token is present, the auto-login process supplies the specified string if
the remote server requires an additional account password. If the remote server does not require an additional account
password, the auto-login process initiates an ACCT command.
default Same as machine name, except that default matches any name. There can be only one default token, and it must be after
all machine tokens. The default token is normally used as follows:
default login anonymous password user@site
Such an entry gives the user automatic anonymous ftp login to machines not specified in .netrc.
login name Identify a user on the remote machine. If this token is present, the auto-login process initiates a login using the
specified name.
machine name Identify a remote machine name. The auto-login process searches the .netrc file for a machine token that matches the
remote machine specified on the ftp command line or as an open command argument. Once a match is made, the subsequent
.netrc tokens are processed, stopping when the EOF is reached or another machine token is encountered.
macdef name Define a macro. This token functions the same as ftp macdef. A macro is defined with the specified name; its contents
begin with the next .netrc line and continue until a null line (consecutive NEWLINE characters) is encountered. If a
macro named init is defined, it is automatically executed as the last step in the auto-login process.
password string Supply a password. If this token is present, the auto-login process supplies the specified string if the remote server
requires a password as part of the login process. If this token is present in the .netrc file, ftp aborts the auto-login
process if the .netrc is readable by anyone besides the user.
skipsyst Skip the SYST command that is sent by default to all remote servers upon connection. The system command is what enables
the automatic use of binary mode rather than the protocol default ascii mode.
As some older servers cannot handle the ftp command, this directive is provided to allow inter-operability with these
servers.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 A Sample .netrc File
A .netrc file containing the following line:
machine ray login demo password mypassword
allows an autologin to the machine ray using the login name demo with password mypassword.
FILES
~/.netrc
SEE ALSO chmod(1), ftp(1), in.ftpd(1M)SunOS 5.11 25 Aug 2006 netrc(4)