Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Robin,

Thanks for the tips and the suggestions.

Please find answers to your questions as below:

Please suggest me a suitable way to do the archival with the existing functionality and also a way to log the information.

In that case, I would suggest simply moving the zip command outside the sftp but keep it within the function. Perhaps:-

Code:

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echo bye >> ${TMP_SCRIPT}

sftp -oPort=..................

zip -m ................

rm ${TMP_SFTP_SCRPT}
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Robin

I tried using zip outside sftp and inside function, but it is not working.

Can you elaborate? Are there any error messages for example, or does the function end before you get to the zip?



Robin

I am doing the testing as follows:

I am creating a Source folder(testSRC) with few csv files and a destination folder (testTRGT), both in same server. I am putting in my shell script in another server along with the configuration details of source and target hosts. When I run the shell script, it should put in the csv files from testSRC folder into the testTRGT folder. But now with this change,script is running without errors but it is not putting in the files into the testTRGT folder.

I hope it is clear. Let me know in case further information is required.

Can you capture the output from the sftp rather than sending it to /dev/null so you can look at that perhaps?

Also, with the zip outside the sftp but within the function, are there any errors?



Robin

Could you please guide me as to how to capture output from SFTP?

There are no errors thrown after using zip outside the sftp function