Shell Programming and Scripting

	while [ $x -lt $WAIT_TIME ]

#!/bin/sh

set -x verbose #echo on

#CURRENT PROCESSING FILE: 1
#USERNAME: 2
#PASSWORD: 3
#SERVER: 4
#FILE_PATH: 5
#REMOTE_PATH: 6

#login to remote server
ftp -n -i $4 <<END_INPUT
user $2 $3
cd $6
lcd $5
put $1
quit
END_INPUT

uname -a
echo ${SHELL}

#!/bin/bash

set -x verbose #echo on
clear #clear the screen

USERNAME="xxxx"
PASSWORD="xxxx"
SERVER="192.168.225.1"
WAIT_TIME=300
FILE_PATH="/home/user/Desktop/XXX" # local directory to pickup *.dat file
REMOTE_PATH="/Drop_off/Region_3_prod/XXX" # remote server directory to upload backup

#Process files
for file in $FILE_PATH/*.dat
do
	# take action on each file. [file] store current file name
	./UFTFTP_SecondScript $file $USERNAME $PASSWORD $SERVER $REMOTE_PATH
	echo "Seconds until next upload: $WAIT_TIME"
	x=0
	while [ $x -lt $WAIT_TIME ]
	do
		echo "Sleeping for $x..."
		sleep 1
		x='expr $x + 1'
	done
done

#!/bin/bash

set -x verbose #echo on

#file: 1
#USERNAME: 2
#PASSWORD: 3
#SERVER: 4
#REMOTE_PATH: 5

#login to remote server
echo "Processing file $1..."
ftp -n -i $4 <<END_INPUT
user $2 $3
cd $5
put $1 
quit
END_INPUT

x='expr $x + 1'

while [ $x -lt $WAIT_TIME ]
	do
		echo "Sleeping for $x..."
		sleep 1
		x=`expr $x + 1` # " ` " use backticks not " ' " apostrophe
	done