FTP through cron using .netrc file a large file..

[hd7106]

Hi!

I will be seeting up a cron event to automatically FTP about 200MB .zip file on Solaris 8 to a target system. I am aware of the .netrc entries and setting up the respective cron event.

What I would like to know is if there is a way/script I can create to check if the file transfer actually completed successfully and as an added feature to verify the time it took to transfer the file.

Any ideas/thoughts will be appreciated.

 

[sbix]

An idea is to split this file in some chuncks and then send them separately, which will be faster.
If you have the rexec capability with this system you can execute a cksum file on both sides just to see if they corresponds

 

[SamBones]

If you put a "[tt]time[/tt]" in front of the [tt]ftp[/tt], then it will display the amount of time that command took in whatever log file you are generating.

Also, kind of like what sbix says, once the [tt]ftp[/tt] is complete in your script, do an [tt]rsh[/tt] to checksum the file on the other system. Your [tt]ftp[/tt] script can check the file both locally and remotely to see if they match.

One problem with [tt]ftp[/tt] is that it doesn't return error codes for the individual transfers it does. That makes it tough for your script to test for success. If you use [tt]rcp[/tt] instead, you can test the return code of the [tt]rcp[/tt] as soon as it completes.

Hope this helps.

 

[hd7106]

The unfortunate part is I will be transferring this file to some Windows system. "rsh" and "rcp" commands will be out of question.

I'll try out "time" amd see how it works out

hd7106

 

[sbix]

Yes, rexec is not a service normally provided by Windows (SERVER side) but ... it's often provided the CLIENT side.
SO why don't execute a timed batch on the Windows side to GET the file with FTP and then execute a RSH through the Unix side to see the chekcsum value?