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# 1  
Old 07-09-2008
Question Help needed with automated FTP script
Hi,

Ok, i'm trying to automate sending a DB backup from a linux box to a remote Windows PC via FTP. I can connect, send the file and create a folder, however I require that the backups be differentiated by date. Here is what my script looks like:

Code:
open *.*.*.*
user username password
lcd /location/of/DB/backup
mkdir %Y/%m/%d
cd %Y/%m/%d
put test.txt
bye
quit

This does not work, its just creates a folder named "%Y" with a folder inside it called "%m" with a "%d" folder inside that.

How would I go about creating folders with the date structure above on a the remote windows machine? All advice and help appreciated.
# 2  
Old 07-09-2008
Code:
.......
test ! -d `date "+%Y/%m/%d"` && mkdir -p `date "+%Y/%m/%d"`
cd `date "+%Y/%m/%d"`
.......

# 3  
Old 07-09-2008
Try something like this:

Code:
#!/bin/sh

Y=`date "+%Y"`
m=`date "+%m"`
d=`date "+%d"`

cd /location/of/DB/backup

ftp -i -n <<EOF
open "hostname"
user "user" "passwd"
mkdir "$Y"/"$m"/"$d"
cd "$Y"/"$m"/"$d"
put test.txt
quit
EOF

Regards
Last edited by Franklin52; 07-09-2008 at 01:47 PM..
# 4  
Old 07-09-2008
How about this.
Code:
file_date=$(date +%m%d%Y)
ftp -in 0.0.0.0 <<E-O-F
user username password
type ascii
mkdir $file_date
cd $file_date
put somefile
quit
E-O-F

# 5  
Old 07-10-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by Franklin52
Try something like this:

Code:
#!/bin/sh

Y=`date "+%Y"`
m=`date "+%m"`
d=`date "+%d"`

cd /location/of/DB/backup

ftp -i -n <<EOF
open "hostname"
user "user" "passwd"
mkdir "$Y"/"$m"/"$d"
cd "$Y"/"$m"/"$d"
put test.txt
quit
EOF

Regards
Kudos! That works perfectly Smilie Much appreciated, you've made this Irishman very happy, I have one less job today, lol Smilie
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