Reg : file commands

[harikrishna]

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

[Michael Tully]

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.

[Sanjiv Sharma_1]

ftp> ls -lRt

[harikrishna]

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

[T G Manikandan]

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