FTP'ing from a Unix Script

[mjm22]

I wish to run some ftp commands from a shell script. I thought that this would be easily done with the following...

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ftp -inv $IP <<-ENDFTP >$DIALOG
user $USER $PASSWORD
cd /home/user1/log
bin
put $REF_FILE $TO_REF_FILE
bye
ENDFTP

status=`grep -c &quot;Not connected&quot; $DIALOG`
if [ $status != &quot;0&quot; ]
then
echo &quot;ERROR - Connection to distribution system is down, $IP&quot;
exit 4
fi

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The ftp works fine and the appropriate messages get sent to the $DIALOG file. However the rest of the shell script seems to be ignored. The line starting status= never gets run.

I have also tried without redirection to the $DIALOG file as follows, again the following echo command does nbot get run.

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ftp -inv $IP <<-ENDFTP
user $USER $PASSWORD
cd /home/user1/log
bin
put $REF_FILE $TO_REF_FILE
bye
ENDFTP

echo &quot;Here I am&quot;

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Shell is ksh and all of the variables are ok ( thus the ftp actually working fine).

Any suggestions as to why the rest of the script is not executing?

Cheers

Mike

 

[PHV]

Have you tried this ?

echo "user $USER $PASSWORD
cd /home/user1/log
bin
put $REF_FILE $TO_REF_FILE
bye" | ftp -inv $IP >$DIALOG
echo "Here I am"

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[mjm22]

Thanks, that works fine. Not quite sure why the first method didn't work though.

Cheers anyway.

Mike