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Old 09-15-2008
Need a little help on a FTP script

Hi there all.. Again Smilie

I have a script that will log on to an FTP to get all files back to our server and delete the ones on the other side.
Sad enough I cant use Wget.
So I build a script to do this with a Mget.
But Mget can only get about 1000 characters in 1 line.
So I would have to set a limit to reading all the files to maybe 50 lines or someting every list and than stay in a loop till there are no files left on the other side..
Maybe someone can help me changing my script so it will work?
The files are called as follow.
anna.MM08371053011405
All same length.. only different numbers...
This script is working perfect till there are more files dumped to that directory.

Thanx in advance!!


What I have so far is
Code:
RNODE="192.168.10.30"
USER="***"
PASSWD="****"
LOCALDIR="/glims/mgnt/mmpamm"
REMOTEDIR="/"
DIRLISTFILE="${LOCALDIR}/${RNODE}$(basename).dirlist.out"
cat /dev/null > $DIRLISTFILE
 
DESTINATION=192.168.10.30
HISTLOG=/glims/mgnt/mmpamm/logs/ftphist.log
FTPLOG=/glims/mgnt/mmpamm/logs/ftptrans.log
glimspad=/glims/mgnt/mmpamm
ERROR_FILE=/glims/mgnt/mmpamm/errorfile
HOSTNAME=`uname -n`
##########################################################
############### DEFINE FUNCTIONS HERE ####################
##########################################################
######### Check if there is an error file #########
function errorfile_check
{
 if test -r $ERROR_FILE
 then
  rm $ERROR_FILE
 fi
}
######### Ping check if host is avalible #########
function ping_check
{
 ping $RNODE -n 2 > $glimspad/pingctrl.txt
 PINGCTRL=`cat $glimspad/pingctrl.txt | wc -l`
}
######### ERROR report #########
function report_ERROR
{
 echo `date '+%d %b %H:%M:%S'` $RNODE NIET gevonden >> $HISTLOG 2>&1
 echo stop `date '+%d %b %H:%M:%S'` >> $HISTLOG 2>&1
 touch $ERROR_FILE
 echo `date '+%d %b %H:%M:%S'` "communicatie PC: $RNODE" >> $ERROR_FILE
 echo "Let op !!!!!" >> $ERROR_FILE
 echo ""  >> $ERROR_FILE
 echo "Fout tijdens overdracht PAMM" >> $ERROR_FILE
 exit
}
######### File check from host (FTP) #########
function file_check_host
{
 ftp -i -v -n $RNODE <<END_FTP
 user $USER $PASSWD
 nlist $REMOTEDIR $DIRLISTFILE
 bye
 
END_FTP
}
######### File Copy from host (FTP) #########
function file_copy_host
{
 ftp -i -v -n $RNODE <<END_FTP
 
 user $USER $PASSWD
 lcd $LOCALDIR
 cd $REMOTEDIR
 mget `echo $FILESLIST`
 bye
 
END_FTP
}
######### File Remove from host (FTP) #########
function file_remove_host
{
 ftp -i -v -n $RNODE <<END_FTP
 
 user $USER $PASSWD
 lcd $LOCALDIR
 cd $REMOTEDIR
 mdelete `echo $FILESLIST` 
 bye
 
END_FTP
}
##########################################################
################ BEGINNING OF MAIN #######################
##########################################################
# errorfile_check
ping_check
if  pingctrl=7 
then
 file_check_host
sleep 5
FILESLIST=`cat "$DIRLISTFILE" | tr -d '/'`
 file_copy_host
sleep 5
 file_remove_host
fi
# End of script

# 2  
Old 09-15-2008
rsync? scp? Tar and compress the files before sending? I didn't read your script, but I guess one of those or combinations of those could be an alternative to solve your problem.
If you'd like to stay with ftp, maybe just move the files to be transfered 1st to a subdirectory where they are alone and do a "mget *".
# 3  
Old 09-15-2008
I had the problem when doing an Mget and after a Mdelete that in the time the Mget is being processed new files are writen in that dir and than I delete files that arent moved over.
That's why I have to do this.
The files are all kinda small.. but they should never get lost.
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