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Dear Unix Gurus,

Not sure if this is possible/workable but I'm trying add a comment line before each operation such as the following:

ftp -n <mail server> ${log_dir}/test_put.log << END
user <user_id> <password>
verbose
bin
# List Files Before putting Data
echo File Check Before FTP >> ${log_dir}/test_put.log
pwd
echo File In Directory >> ${log_dir}/test_put.log
dir

But I dont think this is working . Any suggestions?

Many Thanks.

lweegp

Our faq section has an automated ftp job article. Read it.

Hi Perderabo,

I have read and found nothing related to my questions.

Can I use the "print -p" to print out comment line?

Thanks.

No, but you can use "print" to print out a comment line. And you can intersperse "print" and "print -p" lines at will.

You can try this

! echo "comments you want "
Notice ! which will take you to calling directory command prompt

hi akrathi,
this is my script, it dont seems to work. something wrong somewhere?

ftp -n <mail server> > <log_dir>/test_put.log << END
user <userid> <passwd>
verbose
bin

!echo "Before putting the A0 Data"
dir
mput A0*
bye
END

Double check your log file . It';s working when I am trying from one unix (sunos ) server to another .