FTP

[Jade Bulante]

We have a job that runs every night on a VAX system and it generates several reports. These reports all have the same naming convention except that the dates are different.

I will be running a cron job on a HPUX system that will grab all this files daily. Is there any parameters within FTP that I can get only the newest report generated from the VAX system? If not what I can do to streamline the process?

[Stefan Farrelly]

You want to use the 'newer' option in ftp to get your files - it will only get them if theyre new or if theyve been modified more recently. See man on ftp and search for info on the newer command.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Jade:

There is an option for 'ftp' that addresses this. The 'newer filename' command will get a file only if the modification time of the remote file is more recent that the file on the current system. This does not always work on all operating systems, but is worth a try.

See the 'ftp' man pages for more information.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Martin Johnson]

It is not clear on what you are trying to do. Are you saying that the date is part of the file name?

If not, the latest version of the file on the VAX can be checked with the latest version on the HPUX with the "newer" command in ftp. A get is done only when the file on the VAX is newer than the one on the HPUX system.

HTH
Marty

[Rich Wright]

You may need to use two ftp sessions in you script. The first to capture "dir" output. The second to get the file based on the captured information.