Extra functionality FTP

[Truusvlugindewind]

Hi,

We an apllication on WinNT sending data (FTP) to a OpenVMS machine. That VMS machine is capable of starting a script, triggered by the simple fact that a FTP-client sends data. This script automaticly processes the data.
Now we need the same functionality on our AIX (4.3.3) machine. Can AIX also offer this functionality? A sort of ".profile" based upon a FTP logon instead of a TELNET logon?

 

[Jkloek]

Not really via ftp. You could using CA's Xcom, but that's pricey. What you could do is to set up a cron entry that checks for the presence of files in the target directory and act based on that. Man cron and crontab for details.
A sample cron entry and script could be:
0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /usr/local/bin/file_check.sh >>/tmp/file_check.err 2>&1
(the above is all one line).
This process executes /usr/local/bin/file_check.sh every 5 minutes of every day.

The text of /usr/local/bin/file_check would resemble:

if [ -f /dir/filename.ext ]
then
whatever actions you want to take (valid unix commands)
fi