Read filenames from a file and the FTP them

[SuaveRick]

Hi there, I have a .dat file with the names of files in it like so:

/opt/cti/GCTI65/logsArchive/log_ivr_tserver/TServer_IVR.092104_094139_373.log.gz
/opt/cti/GCTI65/logsArchive/log_ivr_tserver/TServer_IVR.092104_094024_492.log.gz
/opt/cti/GCTI65/logsArchive/log_ivr_tserver/TServer_IVR.092104_093921_789.log.gz
/opt/cti/GCTI65/logsArchive/log_ivr_tserver/TServer_IVR.092104_093816_381.log.gz
/opt/cti/GCTI65/logsArchive/log_ivr_tserver/TServer_IVR.092104_093719_987.log.gz
/opt/cti/GCTI65/logsArchive/log_ivr_tserver/TServer_IVR.092104_093625_797.log.gz
/opt/cti/GCTI65/logsArchive/log_ivr_tserver/TServer_IVR.092104_093458_908.log.gz
/opt/cti/GCTI65/logsArchive/log_ivr_tserver/TServer_IVR.092104_093235_591.log.gz
/opt/cti/GCTI65/logsArchive/log_ivr_tserver/TServer_IVR.092104_093051_606.log.gz
/opt/cti/GCTI65/logsArchive/log_ivr_tserver/TServer_IVR.092104_092831_946.log.gz
/opt/cti/GCTI65/logsArchive/log_ivr_tserver/TServer_IVR.092104_092652_752.log.gz
/opt/cti/GCTI65/logsArchive/log_ivr_tserver/TServer_IVR.092104_092523_235.log.gz
/opt/cti/GCTI65/logsArchive/log_ivr_tserver/TServer_IVR.092104_092415_005.log.gz
/opt/cti/GCTI65/logsArchive/log_ivr_tserver/TServer_IVR.092104_092308_593.log.gz
/opt/cti/GCTI65/logsArchive/log_ivr_tserver/TServer_IVR.092104_092202_356.log.gz
/opt/cti/GCTI65/logsArchive/log_ivr_tserver/TServer_IVR.092104_092055_057.log.gz
/opt/cti/GCTI65/logsArchive/log_ivr_tserver/TServer_IVR.092104_091927_262.log.gz
/opt/cti/GCTI65/logsArchive/log_ivr_tserver/TServer_IVR.092104_091812_526.log.gz

What I need to do is FTP each one of those files over to another box. I can't just FTP the whole dir those files are in because this is a select few that I need. What is the best way to do this? I was thinking of somehow reading the file line-by-line inside the FTP script but I have no idea how to do that.

Thanks!

 

[fredericofonseca]

One option is to create a tar/cpio file with all those files and then send one file only.

Another will imply that you search these forums for "FTP" " and "<<"

this will give a list of threads, and one of the first 10 will give you an example that does EXACTLY what you need.



Regards

Frederico Fonseca
SysSoft Integrated Ltd

http://www.syssoft-int.com

 

[SuaveRick]

That's awesome! Thanks for the help!

Can you explaine this to me a little better, I don't grasp what is going on wit this line inside theh ftp commands?

$(sed -e 's/.*/put &/g' list.txt)

taken from:
if [ -s list.txt ]; then
ftp -ndi ${IP} <<-! > ftp.log 2>/dev/null
user ${user} ${pwd}
bin
cd ${rdir}
$(sed -e 's/.*/put &/g' list.txt)
bye
!
fi

 

[fredericofonseca]

$() is basically executing the command within and returning the output of that command.

sed is performing a global substitution and placing "put " in from of each line of "list.txt".

man sed will help you (or not!)

Try and execute the script with "ksh -X script" or -x . I think ksh has this function.
This will output each line of the script, and you can see what it is doing.



Regards

Frederico Fonseca
SysSoft Integrated Ltd

http://www.syssoft-int.com

 

[SuaveRick]

Excellent, thanks very much!!!

Regards,

Suave