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 OSF1
netrc
netrc(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual netrc(4)NAME
netrc, .netrc - Specifies automatic login information for ftp
SYNOPSIS
$HOME/.netrc
DESCRIPTION
The .netrc file contains the information used by the automatic login (autologin) feature of the ftp command. It is a hidden file in your
home directory and must be owned by the user logging in, or by the root user. If the .netrc file contains a login password, the file's
permissions must be set to 600 (read and write by owner only).
The .netrc file can contain the following entries (separated by spaces, tabs, or newlines): Where host is the name of a remote host. This
entry begins the definition of the autologin process for the specified host. All following entries up to the next machine entry or the end
of the file apply to that host. This is the same as machine, except that default matches any name. There can be only one default token,
and it must appear after all machine tokens. This is normally used as follows: default login anonymous password user@site The preceding
command line gives the user automatic anonymous ftp login to machines not specified in .netrc. This can be overriden by using the -n flag
to disable autologin. Where user is the username to use at the remote host. If this entry is found, the autologin process initiates a
login using the specified name. If this entry is missing, the autologin process fails. Where password is the login password to be used.
The autologin process supplies this password to the remote server. A login password must be established at the remote host and that pass-
word must be entered in this file, or the autologin process fails and you are prompted for the login password. Where password is the
account password to be used. If this entry is found and an account password is required at the remote host, the autologin process supplies
the password to the remote server. If the remote host requires an account password but this entry is missing, the autologin process
prompts for the account password. Where macro is the name of an ftp subcommand macro. The macro definition starts on the following line
and is defined to contain all of the following ftp subcommands up to the next blank line. If the macro is named init, ftp executes the
macro upon successful completion of the autologin process.
FILES
Contains automatic login information.
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: ftp(1). delim off
netrc(4)