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Old 06-07-2011
sh script for file received confirmation
I am new at scripting, (and this fourm- so hi guys!) and I was wondering is there something out there that I can use to do the following:

I receive a file on an FTP server
I would like a script to look at a specifc directory for a certain file
and when it arrives it will send an email confirmation.

the only caveat i see is that the same file sits there in the directory
until a new one overwrites it each day. so there will always be a file there.


I already have sendmail running so that is no issue


anything out there that I can modify?

please help!

Smilie

Thanks..
# 2  
Old 06-07-2011
In sh: Tweak F to your needs. A bit quick but it should work

Code:
#!/bin/sh

F='/path/to/that/certain/file'
MD5='/tmp/md5ofthatcertainfile'

[ "$(md5sum "$F")" = "$(cat "$MD5" 2>/dev/null)" ] || {
	md5sum "$F" > "$MD5"
	# Send your e-mail here
}

exit 0

Schedule it with cron (crontab -e typically)
Last edited by tukuyomi; 06-07-2011 at 05:55 PM..
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mamemlin
# 3  
Old 06-07-2011
Crontab this script before time of earliest arrival:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/ksh
 
touch /tmp/fmind.mark
 
while [ 1 ]
do
  find your_file -newer /tmp/fmind.mark | read f
  if [ "$f" != "" ]
  then
   break
  fi
  sleep 120
done
 
ls -l $f | mailx -s "New $f" you@yours.com

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mamemlin
# 4  
Old 06-08-2011
MySQL Script to send email after file received form FTP
Thanks again to both of you!
I played with them both and this is what I can up with.
Seem to work when i run it as a cron every hour, if the file has been changed it will send the email.
Code:
#!/bin/sh
F='/home/test'
MD5='/tmp/md5ofthatcertainfile'
[ "$(md5sum "$F")" = "$(cat "$MD5" 2>/dev/null)" ] || {
        md5sum "$F" > "$MD5"
SUBJECT="test file"
EMAIL=myemail@email.com
EMAILMESSAGE="test file"
echo "test file received successfully"> $EMAILMESSAGE
echo "This is an automated message please do not reply" >>$EMAILMESSAGE
# send an email using /bin/mail
/bin/mail -s "$SUBJECT" "$EMAIL" < $EMAILMESSAGE
}
exit 0

would you guys have done anything differently?

I am new at this, so it may look a bit ugly.. haha

I had one other question

How can I incorporate in the email, the date,time stamp of the file?
that would be the last piece Smilie

again this is a big help.. thanks...
Last edited by Scott; 06-08-2011 at 03:07 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 5  
Old 06-08-2011
One caveat is that the file might not be wholly received to set the modify time or change checksum or hash. Nice file transmitters have some way to signal a good transfer, like an ack file or name change. At least, before using the file, use fuser to ensure it is not still being written.
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# 6  
Old 06-08-2011
So could I use fuser to tell me if the file is still being transmitted vs completed?
# 7  
Old 06-08-2011
If you don't mind a bit of delay, there's a much simpler way: Check if the file's been modified in the last 10 minutes. This won't tell you if the connection broke and left an incomplete file, but neither will fuser.
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