ksh Error trapping/logging

Risc91 · 07-26-2005, 11:51 AM

I have the following code in a script of mine

Code:

#connect to FTP and get file
ftp -nv >&4 2>&4 |& 

print -p open $HOST
print -p user $USER $PASSWD
print -p binary
print -p prompt n
print -p cd tocu 
print -p mget $filename*
print -p bye

Is there anyway to check that each command has completed successfully? I guess I need to know how to extract the return value of an ftp command.

crabboy · 07-28-2005, 10:31 PM

Whenever I have to script ftp, I use the ncftp client. it's free and much better suited for scripting; hell it's a better interactive client as well. It will turn you 8 line script into a single statement.

man page:
http://www.ncftp.com/ncftp/doc/ncftpget.html

If installing a new client is not an option, I'll take a stab at the script.