I use ftp to access the remote server , everything works fine , but I would like to ask can I move the file in the ftp server to another directory ( just like "mv myfile temp" - move myfile to temp directory in linux ) , I read thought the man page , but could not find it , can advise what can i do ? thx
The command is rename, not mv. ftp is a multi-OS tool so the commands are specific to ftp. Note also that the actual commands that work depend not only on the client but also the destination. Use the ? command in an ftp session to see what is available.
I read ? but not found move , mv command , the rename is not change the file name , I really want to move the file to backup directory in remote server not just rename , can ftp do it ? thx
Hi, You can used cd and lcd cd for remote directiory and lcd for local directiory. then move the desire file to remote location and delete the file with delete command.
Fortunately move command is not available on ftp. Indeed rename is doing the same function. I assume that you are getting a file called test.txt from remote server through ftp and want to move to backup directory after fetching the file.
You just need to add this lines in your script after copying the files.
#-------------------------------------------- # Move and Rename the file on remote server # after copying #-------------------------------------------- ftp <<** open abc.company.com rename test.txt /tmp/test.txt.`date +'%d%b%y`bye **
This will remove the source file and move to /tmp directory as test.txt.27Apr09
Instead of /tmp, I would suggest you to create a backup directory on user home directory(or somewhere) and move over there.
Typo error on my previous post. Script should be like this.
#-------------------------------------------- # Move and Rename the file on remote server after copying #-------------------------------------------- ftp <<** open abc.company.com rename test.txt /tmp/test.txt.`date +'%d%b%y` bye **
