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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting To merge files on FTP site before getting them Post 302993912 by apmcd47 on Thursday 16th of March 2017 06:04:47 AM
Old 03-16-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by migurus

This is what happens now:
Code:
 ftp -i $FTPHOST <<-EOF
        ren INPFILE $OUTF
        get $OUTF
        del $OUTF
EOF

We got another accumulator file that needs to be brought over and processed together with the original one. We can bring it in in a similar fashion, then merge locally.

My question is there an alternative, to connect to the site, rename both and somehow merge them there and bring in as one file ready to be processed?
Not quite sure why you are renaming a remote file only to delete it afterwards:
Code:
 ftp -i $FTPHOST <<-EOF
        get INPFILE $OUTF
        del INPFILE
EOF

I'm not sure you can merge two files remotely with FTP (others can correct me on this) but if you were to use lftp instead, which is much better for scripting FTP as it allows for recovery after failures, you could investigate its cat command:
Code:
cat INPFILE1 INPFILE2 > $OUTF

which when used interactively will save the files locally. I have not tested within a script, however.

Andrew
 

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ftpconfig(1M)						  System Administration Commands					     ftpconfig(1M)

NAME
ftpconfig - set up anonymous FTP SYNOPSIS
ftpconfig [ftpdir] ftpconfig -d ftpdir DESCRIPTION
The ftpconfig script is executed by the super user to set up anonymous FTP. Anonymous FTP allows users to remotely log on to the FTP server by specifying the user name ftp or anonymous and the user's email address as password. The anonymous users are logged on to the FTP Server and given access to a restricted file area with its own file system root. See chroot(2). The FTP area has its own minimal system files. This command will copy and set up all the components needed to operate an anonymous FTP server, including creating the ftp user account, creating device nodes, copying /usr/lib files, and copying timezone data. The passwd and group files set up have been stripped down to prevent malicious users from finding login names on the server. The anonymous file area will be placed under ftpdir. If the ftp user account already exists, then the current FTP area is used, and the system files in it are updated. All other files are left untouched. This command should be run to update the anonymous FTP area's configuration whenever a system patch is installed, or the system is upgraded. OPTIONS
-d Create a new or update an existing ftpdir without creating or updating the ftp user account. Use this option when creating guest FTP user accounts. OPERANDS
The following operands are supported: ftpdir The absolute pathname of the directory under which the anonymous FTP area is set up. EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 0 Successful completion 1 Improper usage of the command 2 Command failed ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWftpu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
ftpaddhost(1M), in.ftpd(1M), useradd(1M), chroot(2), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 1 May 2003 ftpconfig(1M)
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