Re: cron to check ftp upload/download

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

karlp ourldsfamily com wrote:
> > karlp ourldsfamily com wrote:
> >
> > > > can u tell me a little sort of script line that i will put in.
> > > >
> > > > wget ftp://tivimtech.com/*.* .......rest i do not know
> > > > how will i specify user name and password ? and will *.* download all
> > > > file
> > > > of ftp server in any folder?
> > >
> > >
> > > Frankly, I'd use ftp to do it and run a script like this one I wrote
> > > (you'll have to change the PUT to GET and any associated syntax):
> > >
> > > #!/bin/sh
> > > if [ "$6" = '' ] &&
> > >   [ "$5" = '' ] &&
> > >   [ "$4" = '' ] &&
> > >   [ "$3" = '' ] &&
> > >   [ "$2" = '' ] &&
> > >   [ "$1" = '' ]
> > > then
> > >   echo
> > >   echo Usage: $0 DestHost USERNm PASSWd LocalPth2Dir RemotePth2Dir
> > > FNAME
> > >   echo
> > >   exit 1
> > > fi
> > > HOST=$1
> > > USERNM=$2
> > > PASSWD=$3
> > > LPATH=$4
> > > RPATH=$5
> > > FNAME=$6
> > > ftp -p -n $HOST 2>/dev/null  <<- End_of_FTP_commands
> > > user $USERNM $PASSWD
> > > lcd $LPATH
> > > cd $RPATH
> > > put $FNAME
> > > End_of_FTP_commands
> >
> > Uh, how about:
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> > if [ $# -lt 6 ]; then
>
>
> Duh.
> I'm not that far into any of the self-help books I'm learning from...
> Hey, it works. Thanks Rick.

No problem.  "$#" returns the number of arguments passed to the script.
It does NOT count $0 (the script name itself).  Also "$?" returns the
return code from the LAST program run.  Generally, successful programs
return 0 and failures return non-zero, so:

	RC=$?	# Remember $? only works for the LAST program/script
	if [ $RC -ne 0 ]; then
	    echo Program failed, return code $RC
	else
	    echo Program succeeded\!
	fi

is a way to see if it was successful or not.  I assigned the value of $?
to RC because $? would be reset by the "if" statement itself.

> >     echo
> >     echo Usage: $0 remotehost username passwd localpath remotepath fname
> >     echo
> >     exit 1
> > fi
> > ncftpget -d /var/log/ncftpget.log -u $2 -p $3 $1 $4 $5/$6
>
>
> Not available on my server (AIX 4.3.3) and the Linux Toolbox isn't
> installed. With a new server nearly on order which WILL have the Linux
> toolbox, It'll be happening soon.

ncftpget can be had from http://www.ncftp.com/download/.  There are
even precompiled binaries for AIX 4.3.3 on the RS/6000:

http://www.ncftp.com/ncftp/binaries/ncftp-3.1.8-aix4.3.3-export.tar.gz

I'd get the client for sure...it's a HUGE part of my toolkit.
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