Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Folks Interesting question hope u get the ans:

I have to ftp a file ABC(Timestamp) to server XYZ

My script should be doing the every 2 hours.

after the transfer I need to confirm whether the file ABC(timestamp) got transfer properly or not.

My concern is after the "put ABC" comand in the FTP'd server how would I get the latest file name from the server please discribe your inovative ideas and logics ASAP.

One more clue on every file I have a trailer say TRAILER_END.

Like wise I have 10 files in the interval of 2 hours!!! with ABC_time_stamp

Also can any one tell me how do I use the comand in FTP server:

>ftp server112
Connected to server112.com.
220 server112 FTP server () ready.
Name (daushp01:ibatch):
331 Password required for user
Password:
230 User logged in.
ftp> cd /client/work/in/progress
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> tail file_name
?Invalid command

how do I do the basic comands in the ftp'd server?

I want to use comands like:

tail file_name
head file_name
cp file_name file_simple

etc
etc
.
.
.

just tipe in the ftp prompt :

help

and you will get a list of the available commands ;

- btw commands like "head", "tail" are not available ... that would be the role of `ssh' ;

good luck, and success !

alexandre botao

Please state the Operating System of the source and destination.

BTW (1). The only way I have found to verify an FTP is to transfer the file back with a new name and then compare before and after checksums (man cksum).
Your attempts to run unix commands such as "tail" "cp" etc. will not work with ftp (as botao describes).
BTW (2): If you are copying unix-unix there are better methods than ftp.

You should be able to run the command on the local server by using the '!' sign:

>ftp server112
Connected to server112.com.
220 server112 FTP server () ready.
Name (daushp01:ibatch):
331 Password required for user
Password:
230 User logged in.
ftp> cd /client/work/in/progress
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> tail file_name
?Invalid command
>!tail file_name
This is a test on local machine!

I used the '!' sign all the time to remove files on local machine after I ftp them over...or to do an ls (!ls)

Methly:

BTW 2 your second option feel good to me and yes im coping from unix to unix could you please suggest on that please