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find latest files and ftp to another server

I have a script that will ftp all archive log files from one machine to another but need to find just the files that have not been copied over and just ftp them.

I am on AIX 5.3

Here is the script I am using...

#!/bin/ksh
set -xv
################################################################ script to ftp archive logs.
###############################################################
export ORACLE_BASE=/app/oracle/product
export ORACLE_ADMIN=/app/oracle/product/admin
export ORACLE_HOME=/app/oracle/product/db10.2
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/app/oracle/product/db10.2/lib
#
###############################################################
#
cd /oradata/prod/logarch1
echo `date +%m%d%y-%H:%M` > /home/oracle/arch/ftp_arch.log
for next_file in $(find /oradata/prod/logarch1 -name 'prod_arc*.log' -print )
do
ftp -ivn servername>> /home/oracle/arch/ftp_arch.log <<eof
user username password
binary
cd /oradata/prod/logarch1
put $(basename ${next_file})
bye
eof
done
echo `date +%m%d%y-%H:%M` >> /home/oracle/arch/ftp_arch.log

Gerwin Jansen

hi, do you need to use FTP or are other programs an option as well? i'm thinking of rsync instead

bkreynolds48

ASKER

Given the rules where I work can't use rsync

Gerwin Jansen

In that case, I'd be doing this in a few steps:

- get remote file list using FTP
- get local file list
- diff remote and local file list (call this to_ftp)
- put files that are in the to_ftp list to remote location

It will require some scripting though...

bkreynolds48

ASKER

so how do I script this?

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Gerwin Jansen

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bkreynolds48

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Thanks