Script to automate ftp of log file

[Amit Dixit_2]

HI,
Want to write a script so that it will
automatically FTP my server logs to my
workstation.

File name convention of my log files are
server20041220
i.e. serveryymmdd

Thanks,
Amit.

[Steven E. Protter]

ftp -nv ${WORKSTATION} << FTPEOF > /tmp/temp_log.$$
user ${USERNAME} ${PASSWORD}
#Get file
get $1
quit
FTPEOF

change /tmp/temp_log.$$ to whatever logs you actually want transferred to your workstation.

Make the permission on this script very restrictive, because you are hard coding your workstation password in an unencrypted script, further you are transmitting your password in clear text across your network.

SEP

[Masatake Hanayama]

Amit,

Although I may not understand correctly what you want to do, this is an example.

#!/bin/sh
ftp -nv workstation << EOF
user uuu ppp
put server`date +%Y%m%d`
quit
EOF

Regards,

[Nguyen Anh Tien]

#/!/sbin/sh
#change these parameter for your environment
host_ip=10.0.0.99
user_name=sysopr1
pass_word=dp8910
file_name="vg01"
dir=/tmp
GetDate=`date +"%Y%m%d"`
LOG_NM=/tmp/server$GetDate


# ftp gets file
ftp -nv $host_ip << EOF > $LOG_NM
user $user_name $pass_word
cd $dir
get $file_name
quit
EOF

[Steven E. Protter]

My answer requires a re-work

ftp -nv ${WORKSTATION} << FTPEOF > /tmp/temp_log.$$
user ${USERNAME} ${PASSWORD}
#put file
put $1
cd /var/logs
put server20041220
quit
FTPEOF

/tmp/temp_log.$$ logs the ftp transfer to a local disk on the source server. Thats a nice feature. Too bad I wasn't careful to get the guts of the script right the first time.

Everything I said about the authentication should be looked at with care.

SEP