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Old 12-01-2009
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I'm writing a script to get a datestamped file from a ftp server. It seems that the "get" command does not respect variables. Anyone knows how to fix the problem?

I'm trying to get a file named "rcsnotesYYYYMMDD"

Here's my script

Code:
today=`date +%Y%m%d`
tput clear
user <login> <password>
prompt
#
lcd /epic/phs/edi/vendnotes/rcsnotes
cd /home/ftp/rcs/inbound/work
#
get rcsnotes$today
sleep 5
#
#mdelete rcsnotes*
#
bye

I've also tried rcsnotes${today} rcsnotes$(`date +%Y%m%d`)
Last edited by pludi; 12-01-2009 at 02:28 PM..
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Old 12-01-2009
The get command does not accept variables. For that you have to use the case, nmap or ntrans commands before using the get command. It is all documented in the ftp man page.
 
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