Urgent "FTP and changing date"

[dsm325]

I need to write an ftp script that will get data from a folder with the currect date name. Of course the date changes every day.

Thanks in advance for your help

 

[RobJordan]

please send the format for a sample directory

i.e.

031102
03112002
Mar112002

Robert Robert G. Jordan

Robert@JORDAN2000.com

http://www.JORDAN2000.com

Unix Sys Admin
Chicago, Illinois U.S.A.

 

[dsm325]

Robert, first thanks for the quick reponse. Here is the format


03062002

 

[RobJordan]

#/usr/bin/ksh

# ftp server/login info
FTP_HOST='hostname' # ex:yahoo.com, ftp.microsoft.com
FTP_USER='username' # ex: joe
FTP_PASS='pass' # ex: password

CUR_DATE=`/usr/bin/date "+%m%d%Y"`

echo $CUR_DATE

# local directory
LOCAL_DIR=/something/here

# remote directory
REMOTE_DIR=/something/$CUR_DATE

# file
XMT_FILE=filename

# action - put or get
ACTION=get

echo $XMT_FILE

echo "get $REMOTE_DIR/$XMT_FILE $LOCAL_DIR/$XMT_FILE"

# connect via ftp
ftp -n $FTP_HOST<<END_SCRIPT
quote USER $FTP_USER
quote PASS $FTP_PASS
$ACTION $REMOTE_DIR/$XMT_FILE $LOCAL_DIR/$XMT_FILE
quit
END_SCRIPT
Robert G. Jordan

Robert@JORDAN2000.com

http://www.JORDAN2000.com

Unix Sys Admin
Chicago, Illinois U.S.A.

 

[dsm325]

Robert, what if the date is yesterday's date not current date. Thanks again for your help and

 

[RobJordan]

Check out this great faq by Mike Lacey
for calculating yesterday's date.

Robert

faq80-953 Robert G. Jordan
Unix Sys Admin
Sleepy Hollow, Illinois U.S.A.

http://www.InYourMind.com

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