Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi

I have a similiar proble about to send text file to another machine,
I want to send text file via FTP periodictly (run by cronjob)
what is the command to do that ?
I try to create sent_file.sh, and the script is :
ftp -v -n 192.244.194.171 10021
user Y32G801 PASI01
mput /home/oradev/GARAP/temp/*.txt "$$ ID=Y120036 BID=GARAP text file XMIT=Y"
bye

but it did not work, anyone can help... ?

Best regards
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

My OS version IBM AIX 5.3
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Develop a shell script, in a secure directory, and make sure the permissions are 500 and ownership root:system. This means you can test it easily, and know that it will run. Testing in crontabs is a pain.

I also prefer to use a here document for this type of thing; e.g.

ftp -n host <<-EOF 1> /dev/null 2>&1
user login password
cd $dir
put $ftpFile $asFile
quit
EOF

The variables can then be setup in advance in the script.
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Originally posted by: MarkTaylor

Using ftp is a security risk as it sends passwords in clearcase text, install and config sshd then you can use "scp" which is script friendly.

HTH
Mark Taylor
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

hi Spook,

thanks for the guide, but why this command doesn't work in IBM AIX ..?
I try this command line
ls -1 try.* > flist
for i in `cat flist'
do
ftp -v -n ip_address <<z
user user_name password
put file_name "$$ ID=Y120036 BID='file_name' XMIT=Y"
bye
<x
done

the file in the ftp site will be $$ ID=Y120036 BID='file_name' XMIT=Y, the filename suppoed to be file_name

do you have idea, why is this happen .. ?
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi,

you tried to remove the spaces of the expression ?
"$$ ID=Y120036 BID='file_name' XMIT=Y"

and these $$ signs have a special meaning in the korn shell,
(the PID process of this shell script).
I recommend that you modify these signs by date, and don't forget
put in the first line of the shell script:
#!/usr/bin/ksh

I hope that help you.
Silvia.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Silvia is right; use backslashes before each $ sign.
e.g.
put file_name "\$\$ ID=Y120036 BID='file_name' XMIT=Y"

that will overcome the problems caused by the shell replacing $$ with the process ID.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi Spook,

this script from AIX system to windows system execute OK

ftp -v -i -d -n 120.1.1.90 <<EOF
user silvia silvia
cd \/clientes\/tmp
lcd /home/silvia/scripts
put *.txt "$$ ID=silvia BID=prueba text file XMIT=Y"
bye
EOF

the -d flag is for debug mode, help you to find errors.
From AIX system to another AIX system executes OK too, but with
cd /clientes/tmp
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Originally posted by: apple08

Dear All,
have u tried to mput files instead of put and once ftp successful for all the files, to remove the files. was thinking to upload weekly basis.
hope to hear from you. you are very helpful. thank you
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

You can use "mput" instead "put" in the cron script, but then if you want to delete the files from the source machine once a week you must add another cron script with the DANGEROUS sentence:

find /directory -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \;

Dangerous because this command removes files and you should check that do not delete important files on your machine. The find command with rm can have unexpected behavior that accidentally delete unwanted files.

Before, test the behavior with:

find /directory -mtime +7 -print

and verify that it finds the desired files to delete.

Regards
Silvia.
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Originally posted by: nicofr

Why don't you try to use scp ?

More secure, because, by using FTP like this, first, all your credentials will be in clear text in the network and secondly, your username and password are stored in netrc file.

Not secure at all ...
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