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# 1  
Old 12-15-2007
Question ftp: get list of file to get. Retrieve and move them
Hi,

I need to get multiple files from an ftp server. Once the files have been downloaded, I need to move them to a different directory on the ftp server. I don't know of a command that would enable me to get a file and then move it (assuming I don't know the exact file name) within ftp. I think the best way would be to connect to the FTP server and write the list of files waiting to be downloaded to a text file, then connect again and download one file at a time, but I don't know how to do it.

If anyone has some suggestions to get me started it would be grately appreciated.

Thanks.
# 2  
Old 12-15-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by bbabr
I need to move them to a different directory on the ftp server. I don't know of a command that would enable me to get a file and then move it (assuming I don't know the exact file name) within ftp.
try "rename"
# 3  
Old 12-15-2007
Can't do that. I can either move to a differnt directory or delete. My problem is getting the list of files and then reading from the list to issue the GET and RENAME for each file.

Thanks for the quick reply.
# 4  
Old 12-15-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by bbabr
Can't do that. I can either move to a differnt directory or delete. My problem is getting the list of files and then reading from the list to issue the GET and RENAME for each file.

Thanks for the quick reply.
pseudo-code....

Code:
ftp host >list.txt <<EOF
ls
quit
EOF
while read N
do
      echo >>todo.lst get $N
      echo >>todo.lst rename $N got/$N
done
echo >>todo.lst quit
ftp host <todo.lst

# 5  
Old 12-16-2007
porter,

Thanks for the quick reply. I was able to write the list of files to list.txt but I'm having problems reading the list and putting it in todo.lst. Am I missing something in between? How do I specify to the system to read N from list.txt?

Thanks again.
# 6  
Old 12-16-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by bbabr
How do I specify to the system to read N from list.txt?
Yup I missed that bit...

Code:
while read N
do
        ....
done <list.txt

# 7  
Old 12-16-2007
That did the job!

I managed to get the file list, create the todo.lst and run it. One thing I found, though, is that you have to delete the todo.lst after running the script. If not, the next time you run it, it will append to the file.

Below is the script I have. Any comments and suggestions on making it better would be greatly appreciated.

Code:
#!/bin/sh
clear
# change local directory
cd [local-directory]

#collect file names
ftp -ni ftp.abccompany.com <<EOF
user [user] [password]
cd /OUT
mls W945*.* list.txt 
quit
EOF

# create ftp action list
echo >>todo.lst user [user] [password]
while read N
do
    echo >>todo.lst cd /OUT
    echo >>todo.lst get $N
    echo >>todo.lst rename $N ARCHIVE/$N
done <list.txt

echo >>todo.lst quit

# ftp transfer process
ftp -nv ftp.abccompany.com <todo.lst

# cleanup
rm todo.lst

Thanks again!
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