ftplog

[maxpayne]

Hi,
I need a script that can ftp daily from serverA to ServerB and get the ftplog with the time between 0500 - 0600 from /var/log/ftplog. It will send an sms alert if the content of the log indicate "lost connection".

Thank you.

[Peter Godron]

Hi,

#!/usr/bin/sh
ftp -n ServerB << EOF
user usr passwd
cd /var/log
get ftplog
bye
EOF

# Define timeframe
start=`date +"%b %d 05"`
end==`date +"%b %d 06"`
# Extract records,look for string, count
status=`awk "/$start/,/$end/" ftplog | grep -i "lost connection" | wc -l`
# If we have more than 0 hits
if [ $status ]
then
echo "lost connection" | mailx pager@office.company
fi

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

The structure Peter posted will let you run a long list of files to transfer into this script, essentially using it as a function.

To add your SMS component, you need two things.

A front end to permit you to essentially re-route an email to SMS and perhaps, based on network needs/secureity an sms relay server that will be permitted to use ports normally closed on corporate lans.

You need to find out what your security situation will permit prior to doing anything about sms.

SEP

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
Could you please update/close the thread by awarding points to helpful answers and summarising the solution for you.
This will help resolution of similar problems in the future.