Loop to check for file before ftp

[lovej]

Hi,

I am trying to create a loop to check to see if file exists on machinea before I ftp filea to machineb using unix commands. I need this loop to continue to check for filea on machinea until it exist and then ftp file to machineb.

Thanx.

 

[PHV]

And what have you tried so far ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[lovej]

Hi don't have anything right now. I am trouble shooting this problem.

 

[KenCunningham]

man cron, sleep and find for starters. There are probably other threads dealing with this issue - try a keyword search in the forum (and other *nix forums on Tek-Tips) for ideas.

 

[coffeysm]

I would use cron, ssh (with no logins), sftp, find or if you know the path already ls is fine. I would use the output of ls -l or something also to get the file size and verify the file transferred properly.

 

[Annihilannic]

Crosspost:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1063662

Annihilannic.

 

[RMGBELGIUM]

be sure to keep in mind that the file has to be complete before transferring it to machineb.


regards,

R.

 

[mrn]

Below is not tested, but should work; like suggested above the file may still being written to so it may be worth checking that the file size isn't growing.



while [ $size != $newsize ];do

size=`ls -al filename | awk '{print $5}'`
sleep 5
newsize=`ls -al filename | awk '{print $5}'`

while [ "$a" != "ok" ];do

ls filename > /dev/null 2>&1

if [ $? != "0" ];then
echo "Failed"
a="failed"
else
echo "File is available"
a=ok
fi

done
done

Mike

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