Automate FTP

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Amazingly Sally, my script already does the email too along with that pesky error checking. You are doing error checking aren't you? In any event, you should be able to see the code in that part of the shell script that calls mailx and adapt it to your uses.

[Coolmar]

Thanks Clay....actually that is exactly what I did. However, before running the script I did a few tests and then checked the error status and they were all "0". I only want an email if something is downloaded. It seems to errorcheck on the ftp session itself, not what happened inside the ftp session.

[Coolmar]

Well, I got it working. I do a count of the number of files in the directory before I run the script, and then right after....if they don't match, then there is an extra file and that would be the new one which was downloaded. Then I am emailed. Couldn't think of another way.

Thanks for all the help everyone.