bash script to lftp mirror and log
 

<code>
#!/bin/bash
#########_______ test of mirror
log=~/log/f_h_logfile.txt
batch=00
dest=/media/facing_history_1/$batch
cd $dest
echo start $(date) >> $log

DATE='date +%Y%m%d'
#mkdir $DATE
echo "Get files"

lftp -c 'open -e "set ftp:list-options -a; mirror -a -v array1/f_t/ ./media/facing_history_1/00" -u uname,psswd 172.16.100.101 >> $log'
echo end $(date) >> $log
echo ............ >> $log
</code>

but it does not log
lftp -c 'open -e "set ftp:list-options -a; mirror -a -v array1/f_t/ ./media/facing_history_1/00" -u uname,psswd 172.16.100.101 >> $log'
isn the same as
lftp -c 'open -e "set ftp:list-options -a; mirror -a -v array1/f_t/ ./media/facing_history_1/00" -u uname,psswd 172.16.100.101'

and it does not go to
echo end $(date) >> $log
echo ............ >> $log

how might one do that?
What I would really like to do is capture into a log the file names of the files in the session.
I am also trying to have a better understanding of what happens w the
lftp -c 'open -e "set ftp:list-options -a; mirror -a -v

I have looked at the lftp man page ( that is how i got this far ) but am a bit uncertain of my switch use.
example - I wish to do binary ( the default )
is my use of -a correct?

any wisdom would be appreciated

thanks , thanks much

lftp has a log option that you may want to look at:

This doesn't log anything, since you have put redirection inside the lftp command. It should be outside the single quotes instead.

Also look at the ~/.lftp directory and see if it contains a file named transfer_log. If enabled it should have been populated by details about file transfers. If not, you can enable it explicitly by means of
the second option is not available in older versions of lftp, so that the path of the log file is stuck to its default value (~/.lftp/transfer_log).

The -a option in the mirror command has a completely different meaning:
whereas in other commands like get or mget it makes lftp switch to ascii transfer.

1st thanks everyone

Yes I have a log happening with ~/.lftp/transfer_log
and that is good but what I actually wish to do is have a list of or know the FileNames of each file lftped down so that I can do a md5sum and compare that hash to the hash that was created on the source.

I did move my single quote so that the >> $log is outside
as in
lftp -c 'open -e "set ftp:list-options -a; mirror -a -v array1/f_t/ ./media/facing_history_1/00" -u uname,psswd 172.16.100.101' >> $log

and that is closer
Now I can log ( thanks colucix ) and the log looks like
Transferring file 'FileName1.ext'
Transferring file 'FileName2.ext'
Transferring file 'FileName3.ext'

so that is way way closer . maybe I will do some sed awk to replace
the Transferring file with " " and the single quote for a " "
then I should have a list of

FileName1.ext
FileName2.ext
FileName3.ext

so -- thanks all
This is proving to be an interesting challenge.

and a special thanks for the statement that the
-a means
-a same as --allow-chown --allow-suid --no-umask
not ascii . For me I Knew it was not a ascii xfer because the files were video ( file.mov) and they were playable

and for others who might read thsi -- in lftp binary is the default.
all my stuff above is using that default.

Maybe you can just extract the text inside the single quotes using sed:
If by chance there are other unwanted lines in the lftp log, you can selectively extract those ones with the string "Transferring file" and leave the rest:

Hi,

Does anyone know how to monitor lftp transfers for failures? How to redirect messages from STDERR to a log file and that send that file as an attachment in a message to an administrator?

Or if you have other suggestions on how to monitor failed transfers or connectivity problems

Regards