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# 15  
Old 10-01-2010
Methyl,
Looks like FTP system is not allowing wild characters. Here is the output for dir \*.txt

Code:
ftp> dir \*.txt
200 PORT command successful
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
226 Transfer complete
ftp>

but when i use dir or ls -l here is the output.
Code:
ftp> ls -l
200 PORT command successful
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
-rw-r--r--   1 ftp      ftp           656 Sep 30 19:00 R1_1380933_DATA_09292010135215.txt
226 Transfer complete
ftp>

any suggestions?

Thanks
Arun
Last edited by Scott; 10-03-2010 at 11:12 AM.. Reason: One suggestion: Use code tags
# 16  
Old 10-01-2010
Typing at the command prompt is different from preparing commands in a Shell script.

When typing directly at a ftp command prompt the Shell does not process what you type.

From a ftp command prompt you don't need the backslash character because we are not protecting the asterisk from the Shell. So, when testing without using a Shell script you need to omit the backslash.
# 17  
Old 10-01-2010
I have tried without backslash from ftp command prompt. but the same results.

Code:
ftp> dir *
200 PORT command successful
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
226 Transfer complete
ftp>

ftp> dir *.*
200 PORT command successful
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
226 Transfer complete
ftp>

but file is displayed when i do ls -l
Code:
ftp> ls -l
200 PORT command successful
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
-rw-r--r--   1 ftp      ftp           656 Sep 30 19:00 R1_1380933_DATA_09292010135215.txt
226 Transfer complete

Thanks
Arun
Last edited by Scott; 10-03-2010 at 11:14 AM.. Reason: The time it took you to add [B] tags, you could have used [CODE] tags...
# 18  
Old 10-01-2010
It think it should be mget *.txtinstead of mget \*.txt, no?
The asterisk is protected from the shell since it is inside a here document (where there is only parameter expansion, command substitution, and arithmetic expansion)
# 19  
Old 10-03-2010
Quote:
I am using HP UNIX
Are both computers HP-UX ? If so, what version(s)?

We seem to have a very strange version of ftp here which does not react correctly to globbing "*".

What is the output from the ftp "status" command?
Reference your last post, what is the output from ftp "dir" command with no parameters.?
# 20  
Old 10-04-2010
wget !
wget has an option for recursivity i used it to suck up a hole website !!! thousands of photos lol
# 21  
Old 10-04-2010
Methyl,

I am trying to connect from HP UNIX version B.11.11 and target system is sun UNIX box and the version is Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.9 .

here is the output for dir in ftp mode
ftp> dir
200 PORT command successful
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
226 Transfer complete


At present there are no files in the directory. but it will display all the files for dir command.

Thanks
Arun

---------- Post updated at 03:23 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:18 PM ----------

remi,

I am getting invalid command for wget in ftp mode. here is result.

ftp> wget
?Invalid command

thx
arun
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