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Hi,
I have a requirement where I have get the files from FTP server then delete the files in the FTP server and then store the file name within the file where there is "TR".
i.e
Filename|TR|20071231|....

Once I finish loading my file I have to archive the files.

Is there any way to do it in Unix scripting?

Thanks in advance
Kiran

Sounds like it's doable, but your requirements are not very clear.

Local directory which just happens to belong to the FTP server, or files on a remote FTP server?

All files in that particular directory?

Archive and create a report file with the file name, a TR, and the date of ... the file's last modification time?

Archive how? Move to another directory, or create a tar file in the current directory, or move to a remote host?

Hi there,
Sorry for not being clear in my original post. I will write it down in steps
1) Ftp pull the files starting with P*. i.e pull alll the files with P*.
2) Once the files have been pulled, delete the files from the FTP server.
3) The file will have TR and LN records embedded in one file. I think you have solved my problem of seperating TR and LN. TR is the header record. I have to assign the file name to the TR. Preferably at the end of the line. The records are PIPE delimitted.
4) Process the files and archieve it in the local directory. Thats different directory than the current directory and zip the archieve files.

Thats it

Thanks in advance
Kiran