Hi! I need to connect to an FTP server from SCO Unix at 1:30 am everyday to get some files. I want to run a cron job to do this to relieve operators of doing it manually just to retrieve the files. How do you code a proper FTP script and how do you include it in cron properly (ie I want errors to be logged to an error log file, for example, if FTP fails or if the file doesn't exist). Thanks for any help or code given!
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How to create an FTP script and put it in cron?
- Thread starter antzzz
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Here is a simple ftp script I use on a SCO box
#ftp script
#
ftp -inv <<!
open 192.168.10.1
user username password
bin
put filename
quit
I execute this script from another script that gets executed by cron. That script is listed below
date > /var/adm/ftpout
./dataftp >> /var/adm/ftpout 2>&1
pid2=$!
echo `$pid2` >> /var/adm/ftpout
exit 0
Its basic, but it gets the job done.
-Danny
#ftp script
#
ftp -inv <<!
open 192.168.10.1
user username password
bin
put filename
quit
I execute this script from another script that gets executed by cron. That script is listed below
date > /var/adm/ftpout
./dataftp >> /var/adm/ftpout 2>&1
pid2=$!
echo `$pid2` >> /var/adm/ftpout
exit 0
Its basic, but it gets the job done.
-Danny
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