Bash shell script and automating FTP Backups (File Verification)
 

I have written a slick little script that creates rolling daily backups for my web server and it then uploads them to an FTP server. The problem I'm having is verification. Is there a way using FTP that I can verify the file size matches the local file size? I figure this way I can automate an email confirmation when it has completed successfully. I am stuck using an FTP server for backups, but I can install other FTP tools like ncftp if they will help. Let me know what you guys think. I have been reading this forum for a long time and there is so much knowledge out there! :)

According to this http://ss64.com/osx/ftp_options.html, the remote 'dir' cmd should produce the equiv of 'ls -l' if the remote is a *nix system.