ftp synchronized mget/mdel

[razalas]

Need to do an mget for an unspecified number of files and follow that with an mdel that only deletes the specific files that were "gotten". Is there a way to do this all within ftp?

Seems like I will have to do the mget first, then outside of ftp, identify the files that were retrieved and turn around and issue a 2nd ftp to delete only the files that were retrieved.

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Razalas

 

[cspilman]

Maybe try this (typed, not tested):

#!/bin/ksh

FTPSERVER="<ftpserver>"
USER="<username>"
PASSWORD="<password>"
REMOTEDIR="<remotedir>"
LOCALDIR="<localdir>"

cd ${LOCALDIR}

exec 4>&1
ftp -vn >&4 2>&4 |&

print -p open ${FTPSERVER}
print -p user ${USER} ${PASSWORD}
print -p cd ${REMOTEDIR}
print -p mget *.*

for FILE in $(ls)
do
    print -p del ${FILE}
done

print -p bye
exit

Regards,
Chuck

 

[razalas]

Chuck,

Interesting solution.

We generally only run bash, but if it solves the problem, its worth a try.

Thanks. I'll let you know if it works for me.

Code what you mean,
and mean what you code!
But by all means post your code!

Razalas