We have multiple Linux base server and each server has common directory structure . i need to copy latest created files to one FTP location . for example .

Server ip - 10.0.3.4

server file detail as below.

-rw-rw-rw- 1 tux tplinux 8194 Oct 11 19:03 WT4755.20151011190001
-rw-rw-rw- 1 tux tplinux 1903 Oct 11 19:15 WT4755.20151011191501
-rw-rw-rw- 1 tux tplinux 932 Oct 12 16:45 WT4755.20151012164501
-rw-rw-rw- 1 tux tplinux 1392 Oct 13 05:30 WT4755.20151013053001

so i only want to copy last file which will be dynamic value and if post that any new file created for same day should be automatically copy to ftp location .

path : /home/tplinux/out/wscale/

FTP location with user name password and insight directory detail as below.

ftp -nvi 10.0.30.100 << EOF
user posftp SAPPOS
cd EODSOD
mput file...
bye
EOF



i have put my effort as per my understanding and wrote script.

but it is not working .

#!/bin/sh

#Script Name : WS update .
# Release Version : 1.1
# Developed By : Application Team - Ahd
# File Will generate : home/tplinux/

cd /home/tplinux/out/wscale/

touch new1

ls -lrt | awk '{print $6$7" "$9 }' | grep `date +%b""%d` | awk '{print $2}' > new1

echo $new1

ftp -nvi 10.0.30.100 << EOF
user posftp SAPPOS
cd EODSOD
mput $new1
bye
EOF
rm newl

Please guide me on way forward .

You might try some of the lftp or other suggestions mentioned in this link:
http://serverfault.com/questions/246...rsync-over-ftp

I've used lftp and recommend it but haven't done exactly what you describe. At least one suggestion in the above link seems to describe using lftp for similar file synchronization.

P.S. If the user/password in your example script are the real ones I suggest you edit your post to replace them with fake ones. Even though your IP is internal to your network letting bad guys have any real detail is not a good idea.

In addition, the obvious errors are that new1 is not a variable and that mput will transfer the file and not its contents. One way to fix your script would be to use the filename since it contains the date.

mput *$new1* will transfer all files that match *20151013* i.e. WT4755.20151013053001 if running the script today (13 Oct 2015)

A minor nitpick; this line
is redundant.

Also, please use CODE tags when posting code or data https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...do=bbcode#code

What do you mean by "latest created files"? Created since when?

It might be easier to

• Create a file with a given timestamp, e.g. touch -t 1510141200 ref for Oct 14, noon
• Generate a list of all files that are newer than ref, e.g. filelist=$(find . -newer ref)
• Use that filelist in an ftp, lftp or rsync command as suggested above

I am writing the commands without checking their syntax; that is left as an exercise for the reader.

Dear All ,

Base on above feedback and guideline i am able to execute script but one challange i have multiple files of today's date but it is getting transfer only first files of today's date not all files.

Let me clarify my requirement. at one of the server below list of files

tux@TPL4755 ~/out/wscale (1019) ll
total 12
-rw-rw-rw- 1 tux tplinux 5311 Oct 14 11:30 WT4755.20151014113001
-rw-rw-rw- 1 tux tplinux 35 Oct 14 13:00 WT4755.20151014130001

when above both files are today's date i want to scedule script every 15 min if any new files create it should be append or take all files dump at FTP of today's date .


my updated script .


#!/bin/sh

#Script Name : WS update .
# Release Version : 1.1
# Developed By : Application Team - Ahd
# File Will generate : home/tplinux/

cd /home/tplinux/out/wscale/

new1=$(ls -lrt | awk '{print $6$7" "$9 }' | grep `date +b""%d` | awk '{print $2}')
echo $new1
ftp -nvi 10.0.30.100 << EOF
user posftp SAPPOS
cd EODSOD
mput *$new1*
bye
EOF


at FTP only one file copy it should copy all files or latest files .

i have execute command ls-lrt it is giving output of both files seems FTP not copy all files or not able to copy next files .

WT4755.20151014113001

Script detail as below .


#!/bin/sh

#Script Name : WS update .
# Release Version : 1.1
# Developed By : Application Team - Ahd
# File Will generate : home/tplinux/

cd /home/tplinux/out/wscale/

new1=$(ls -lrt | awk '{print $6$7" "$9 }' | grep `date +%b""%d` | awk '{print $2}')
echo $new1
ftp -nvi 10.0.30.100 << EOF
user posftp SAPPOS
cd EODSOD
mput *$new1*
bye
EOF


total files at location two .

tux@TPL4755 ~/out/wscale (1007) ll -ltr
total 12
-rw-rw-rw- 1 tux tplinux 5311 Oct 14 11:30 WT4755.20151014113001
-rw-rw-rw- 1 tux tplinux 35 Oct 14 13:00 WT4755.20151014130001
tux@TPL4755 ~/out/wscale (1008)


files copy at FTP only first file
WT4755.20151014113001

By default, ftp prompts you for each file you mput or mget. Switch prompting off and try again. I.e.:

By the way, I don't quite understand why there are asterisks around the $new1.

Just curious, but is rsync not an option?
That would be SO much easier than attempting to sync using ftp!

The -i option (i.e. ftp -nvi ...) does the same thing as the prompt command.

In my previous post I gave the OP an alternate solution to copying using file name expansion based up the embedded date in the name instead of using a list created from the output of the ls command. Hence the asterisks.

The string created by the output of the $(ls -lrt | awk '{print $6$7" "$9 }' | grep `date +%b""%d` | awk '{print $2}') still contains the end line characters that separates the file names which causes an error and only transfers the first file.

The command new1=$( date +%Y%m%d ) creates a string with the date and then mput *$new1* will expand to any file name that includes the date.

rsync would indeed be the best solution if the target site allows ssh but from what the OP wrote I assumed the target only allowed him to do ftp logins. rsync won't work for an ftp target which is why I suggested lftp.

Have you researched lftp (mirror or reverse mirror mode?), ftpsync, or other tools that automate this using only FTP access?

FYI: Rsync can run in client/server mode without ssh, rsh, ftp, or any other external tools. This does require that you have permissions to start it properly on BOTH ends, so a 'pure' ftp option might be preferred in this case.