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How to deliver an error message from script?

Hi

I have a script that pick up a file on another server, and place it on a solaris server, but I came across the following error:

Code:

mget HLR01_21092014? 200 Port command successful
150 Opening data channel for file transfer.
HLR01_21092014: No space left on device
426 Connection closed; transfer aborted.
221 Goodbye

How could change my script to notify a user that there was an issue.
My script is as follows:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/sh

cd /moneta_polled01/pre_hlr

HOST=10.100.48.47
USER=hlr_dump
PASSWD=dump123

/usr/bin/ftp -nv $HOST <<EOF
user $USER $PASSWD
#cd Ordens
binary
mget *HLR*
bye
EOF

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Hi,

The problem that you are seeing here is a space problem and the error is being generated from within ftp. So depending how your logging is setup an error may well be recorded in /var/log/messages or /var/adm/messages, to notify a user that this job has failed you'll either have to capture the error information from ftp or check a log file and send out a mail as required.

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Please can you give a hint in how could achieved that?

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using the line

Code:

>> /var/tmp/HLR_ftp.log

after

Code:

/usr/bin/ftp -nv $HOST <<EOF

, it creates the following content in the log file:

Code:

 more HLR_ftp.log
Connected to 10.100.48.47.
220-FileZilla Server version 0.9.39 beta
220-written by Tim Kosse (Tim.Kosse@gmx.de)
220 Please visit http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/
Remote system type is UNIX.
331 Password required for hlr_dump
230 Logged on
?Invalid command
200 Type set to I
mget HLR01_21092014? 200 Port command successful
150 Opening data channel for file transfer.
426 Connection closed; transfer aborted.
221 Goodbye
root@moneta #

but does not provide, what caused, which is:

Code:

 ./get1_HLR.sh
HLR01_21092014: No space left on device

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check what is exit status of ftp command using echo $?....
then using if condition send the mail to user..something like below

Code:

if [ $? -eq <o/p of above echo> ] # exit status is not 0
  then
    echo "No space left on device" | mailx -s "Error:No Space" email@mycomp.com
else
    echo "File transfered SUCCESSFULLY at $(date)."
fi

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hi

this is my modification, but still not working:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/sh

cd /moneta_polled01/pre_hlr

HOST=10.100.48.47
USER=hlr_dump
PASSWD=dump123

/usr/bin/ftp -nv $HOST <<EOF
user $USER $PASSWD
#cd Ordens
binary
mget *HLR*
bye
EOF
EXITSTATUS=$?

if [ $EXITSTATUS != "0" ] # exit status is not 0
        then
echo "No space left on device" | mailx -s "Error:No Space" xyz@mycomp.com
        else
echo "File transfered SUCCESSFULLY at $(date)." | mailx -s "HLR successfully transfered" xyz@mycomp.com

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Hi Fretagi,

if you add the line like so;

Code:

#!/usr/bin/sh

cd /moneta_polled01/pre_hlr

HOST=10.100.48.47
USER=hlr_dump
PASSWD=dump123

/usr/bin/ftp -nv $HOST <<EOF
user $USER $PASSWD
#cd Ordens
binary
mget *HLR*
bye
EOF
echo $? 
EXITSTATUS=$?

if [ $EXITSTATUS != "0" ] # exit status is not 0
        then
echo "No space left on device" | mailx -s "Error:No Space" xyz@mycomp.com
        else
echo "File transfered SUCCESSFULLY at $(date)." | mailx -s "HLR successfully transfered" xyz@mycomp.com

Then run your script - you'll be able to see the exit code of "ftp" which I think will be "0"

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Hi

still not working..... if a connection to another server is established does the exit status code is really 0??

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