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Ok guys (gals?) Im new here as a member, but have come here many times to find answers to questions.
Have played with Unix (ATT Sys 5) and now Linux (RH)...

I told myself I wanst going to ask for help on the current project..but.. I am down to what I think is the last issue:

(and I KNOW the answer has got to be sooo simple yet it is slipping by me)

Using .netrc to ftp to a windows based desktop pc (win 2000 or Xp) and looking for and retreiving a .TXT file once every 30 seconds and then WANTING to DELETE the file (s) on the remote machine after getting them.

All works fine EXCEPT the deletion part.

My .netrc looked like this:

macdef getfile
lcd wxmsg
cd wx
mget *.TXT
delete *.TXT (which of course didnt work)
lcd /usr/weather
quit


I FOUND on here in the FAQ's this script:


shaik786
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Here's a sample $HOME/.netrc file:
Code:

machine other_host
login user123
password password123
macdef init
hash
prompt
mget /users/shaik/*.c
mdel /users/shaik/*.c
bye


So I made mine look like that and it still does everything BUT delete the file on the remote machine - and with no apparent errors!

It appears that the 'BYE" is executed while the "MDEL" is waiting for a "Y" answer to 'do you want to delete this?'

Any help? My head hurts

Thanks
David

What you're doing looks like it should work. And it does with the HP-UX ftp client. It could be a client issue. This page mentions:

Humm... Thanks for that tip...

I did not even consider that (was blaming myself)...

Guess I could try to echo a "y" <cr> in the script, dont know if that would play or not..well off tho the other machine

THANKS for the reply!!!

Update on this issue:

The "delete" command in .netrc still dosent work.

However, after looking back over the entire scriptI saw what I thought might be the cure...
I was (am) using autoftp with .netrc ... I realized I had the '-i' option in the auotftp AND the 'prompt' in the modified .netrc which was effectivley canceling each other out..I removed the 'prompt out of ,netrc and used 'mdel' ..the script works just fine.