topic Re: Reg : file commands in Operating System - HP-UX

Reg : file commands

harikrishna — Sun, 28 Mar 2004 22:03:57 GMT

Hi ,
can any one please help me in geeting last arrived file in a directory through ftp in unix.it is very urgent need for me.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Hari Krishna

Re: Reg : file commands

Michael Tully — Sun, 28 Mar 2004 22:30:01 GMT

Using the open ftp connection:

ftp > ls -ltr
This will show the last file written to the directory as the last file in the list.

Re: Reg : file commands

Sanjiv Sharma_1 — Sun, 28 Mar 2004 22:33:26 GMT

ftp> ls -lRt

Re: Reg : file commands

harikrishna — Sun, 28 Mar 2004 22:42:45 GMT

Hi Michael ,
the ls -ltr is showing all the files not the last file .can you please send the correct command for geeting the last arrived file in a directorey on HP-UX server.
Thanks for your Help.

Regards,
Hari Krishna

Re: Reg : file commands

T G Manikandan — Sun, 28 Mar 2004 22:52:08 GMT

If you are doing a mput thru ftp then use

ftp>!ls -lrt|tail -1

If you are doing a mget thru ftp

ftp>ls -lrt