while ftp preventing original files date&time attributes

[Cem Tugrul]

Hi Group,i have ux server and want to ftp to w2k server.i have written a script and put it
in cron.the problem is while mget command runs and get files from w2k the files date&time attributes changes to crontab time.
because crontab runs every beginning of hour.
i want to get files and keep their date&time attributes from w2kserver.my script like below;
cd /users/baycom/baycomsrv/gelen/siparis(my Ux dir)
ftp -i myw2kserver<ascii
cd gelen/siparis..(myw2kserver dir)
mget *
close
bye
EOF

[Mark Grant · Accepted solution]

I don't think you are going to be able to do this. You might be able to get away with it if windows supports "rcp -p" and use that instead of ftp.

Alternatively, you could get your script to read the permissions and modification times on the windows machine, then ftp the files, and then re-set them on the unix box with "chmod" and "touch".

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1]

Add on on Mark's answer, How about zipping the files before you ftp them. Unzip them again on your locale HPUX server, this will preserve the original date/time stamps.

Kind regards,
Robert-Jan

[Cem Tugrul]

HiRobert &Mark,
Thank's so much for your kind concern
i have checked whether rcp support on W2k or not and yes it supports so my problem seems
to be solved...
Thank's again..

Best Regards,

[Cem Tugrul]

Thank's...