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Old 12-15-2008
Im trying to create a FTP Cron Job
Hello,

Im fairly new to this and am hoping for your help in moving forward.

1. I need to carry out a FTP transfer from SERVER1 to SERVER2 at 3am every morning.

2. The FTP is to work on SERVER1

3. There will be many files to transfer (96 files per day)

4. I want to delete the files that have been transfered

I have done a search on this site and seen a lot of good information but nothing has been clear for me.

Would appreciate any help.

Thanks,

Nozer
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Old 12-15-2008
What is not clear? Everything?

Best you check these:

https://www.unix.com/answers-frequent...transfers.html

https://www.unix.com/answers-frequent...n-crontab.html

If something of these is not clear, tell what it is please.
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Old 12-15-2008
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Originally Posted by zaxxon
What is not clear? Everything?

Best you check these:

https://www.unix.com/answers-frequent...transfers.html

https://www.unix.com/answers-frequent...n-crontab.html

If something of these is not clear, tell what it is please.
Hi there, Its not you guys that arent clear! Im sure if you speak the various unix languages then it is probably very clear however I am a newbie into UNIX world and that is why its not clear.
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Old 12-15-2008
Basically in those posts/FAQ is all you need. If you pick the stuff and try step by step you will also learn a lot of it. There are plenty of people that can just smash a script here and a line for your crontab but it is always nice to see what the people tried so far and that they try.

So maybe pick an example and tell what is not clear. People will be happy explaining for sure.

All you need is a cronjob triggering that ftp script. Check the web also for "here script". Or again check for ftp script posts or "automating ftp" in this forum and change it to your needs.
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