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Old 08-19-2006
To get the dir list of a remote server
Dear all;

I am new to UNIX scripting and I want to download remote server's dir listing every hour, to check whether it is updating. How can I do this.
can I use ftp command to down load this dir listing.

Pls help me in this regards.

tks
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Old 08-19-2006
Hi there,

What OS is the remote system running?
There are a number of options, you could set a script to run every hour in cron. Or you could setup a script to run as a daemon to check in regular intervals and only send output when the dir updates.
You say you want to use ftp to download the dir listing, where is the directory listing to go? Would email be sufficient?
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