How to write a command to FTP files with dates filenames

mistiqshannen · 05-31-2007, 03:40 AM

I have this production server that FTP files to standby server.
I created a job (.sh file) that runs regularly to FTP those files
but the filenames has dates like for example
ITEM_MPN_DW_20070531112159.txt

my script goes like this:

#!/bin/bash
DATE=`date +%Y%m%d%H`

cd /home/wphfpdw/F021/history
ftp -v -n << "END"
open <IP>
user <user password>
bin
hash
prompt
cd /home/wphfpdw/F021/history
mput *.* #this should be change to get the files generated today.
bye
END

in this script i ftp all files. I need only to FTP files generated for
today. so that I wont keep transferring old files over and over again.
How can I write a command that uses DATE as variable so that i will just get
the files with for example ITEM_MPN_DW_<Today's date>112159.txt

thanks.. really need your help

naj

druuna · 05-31-2007, 03:48 AM

Hi,

You are halfway there already:

The DATE variable is set in your script but not used. Change it to DATE=`date +%Y%m%d` (remove the %H part).

Now you can change the *.* part into: *${DATE}*
This should target today's files.

Hope this helps.

mistiqshannen · 06-03-2007, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by druuna

Hi,

You are halfway there already:

The DATE variable is set in your script but not used. Change it to DATE=`date +%Y%m%d` (remove the %H part).

Now you can change the *.* part into: *${DATE}*
This should target today's files.

Hope this helps.

hi, i tried to edit the script and it doesn't work. I just changed *.* part to *${DATE}*
and change the date to DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`.

it just execute and it doesn't FTP any file

thanks

druuna · 06-04-2007, 03:46 AM

Hi,

I just noticed that there are double quotes around the first END, the shouldn't be there. I.e:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
DATE="`date +%Y%m%d`"

cd /home/wphfpdw/F021/history
ftp -v -n <<END
open <IP>
user <user password>
bin
hash
prompt
cd /home/wphfpdw/F021/history
mput *${DATE}* 
bye
END

Hope this helps.

mistiqshannen · 06-05-2007, 12:13 AM

its really no double quotation marks. this is the script goes..
but it doesnt work..

#!/bin/bash

DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
cd /home/wphfpdw/F021/history
ftp -v -n << "END"
open <IP>
user <user/password>
bin
hash
prompt
cd /home/wphfpdw/F021/history
mput *{$DATE}*
bye
END

when I run this is the message
Connected to 10.45.43.63.
220 (vsFTPd 1.2.1)
530 Please login with USER and PASS.
530 Please login with USER and PASS.
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
331 Please specify the password.
230 Login successful.
200 Switching to Binary mode.
Hash mark printing on (1024 bytes/hash mark).
Interactive mode off.
250 Directory successfully changed.
221 Goodbye.

chrism01 · 06-05-2007, 12:59 AM

If you look carefully at drunna's suggestion you'll notice
*${DATE}*
not
*{$DATE}*
as you've written ...