ftp script can't rename the file

[vz7r1x]

Hi,

I am running a ftp script to xfer file. Script is expected to rename file upon transmission with current date extension but it does not work. I am attaching my sample script for your review. can you please give some input?

Server>more carrier_gen.txt
open 192.168.50.17
user robertx Password123
put /var/opt/oracle/log/carrier_gen.log carrier_gen.txt_'(date+%m\%d\%y)'
bye

Server> more New_Feed_ftp.sh
#!/usr/bin/sh
#
ftp -i -n < /home/SystemScripts/carrier_gen.txt*

When I put the file I am trying to put it in a different name with current date as an extension to avoid overwriting. I am using back tic around (date+%m\%d\%y).

Thanks

Thanks

[Dennis Handly]

>can you please give some input?

You need to use a here doc:

#!/usr/bin/sh
ftp -i -n <<EOF
open 192.168.50.17
user robertx Password123
put /var/opt/oracle/log/carrier_gen.log carrier_gen.txt_$(date +%m%d%y)
bye
EOF

Now a real shell will evaluate $(date +%m%d%y) before it is read.

[James R. Ferguson]

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@vz7r1x wrote:

When I put the file I am trying to put it in a different name with current date as an extension to avoid overwriting. I am using back tic around (date+%m\%d\%y).

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You don't appear to have used backticks (at least my copy-and-paste) suggests not.  You don't need to escape the "%" characters and in fact you don't want to; and you need a space after 'date' and before the formatting instructions.  Instead of backticks, use the POSIX $(...) syntax:

# put /var/opt/oracle/log/carrier_gen.log carrier_gen.txt_$(date +%m%d%y)

Regards!

...JRF...

[vz7r1x]

Thanks James and Dennis. It resolved my problem.

[Dennis Handly]

>Thanks James and Dennis. It resolved my problem.

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