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Join Date: May 2006
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Hello,
I am new to shell scripting but I am attempting to create a script that connects to an ftp and downloads a folder of files. It then compares the downloaded folder on the local machine to another local folder. I am not sure how to work the compare function at the moment i was looking into diff's. I would also like to record the differences to a file i am also not sure how to do this. Here is what i have so far i was hoping someone could help or point me in the right direction.
I am new to shell scripting but I am attempting to create a script that connects to an ftp and downloads a folder of files. It then compares the downloaded folder on the local machine to another local folder. I am not sure how to work the compare function at the moment i was looking into diff's. I would also like to record the differences to a file i am also not sure how to do this. Here is what i have so far i was hoping someone could help or point me in the right direction.
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# !/bin/bash
ftp -n -i <<EOF
open ftp.coe.neu.edu
user user pass
bin
cd www/backup
lcd ~/Desktop/backup
mget *.*
lcd ~/Desktop/
disconnect
diff backup bin
EOF
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Ok i seem to have the diff script working on its own and it records the differences to a file. How would i go about combining my ftp script and my diff script because if i end the ftp script it closes out the script entirely.
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# !/bin/bash
ftp -n -i <<EOF
open ftp.coe.neu.edu
user user pass
bin
cd www/backup
lcd ~/Desktop/backup
mget *.*
lcd ~/Desktop/
disconnect
EOF
diff backup bin
I hope this is what you wanted ???
EOF Checks for end-of-file condition on open file hence close the file and then use diff.
ftp -n -i <<EOF
open ftp.coe.neu.edu
user user pass
bin
cd www/backup
lcd ~/Desktop/backup
mget *.*
lcd ~/Desktop/
disconnect
EOF
diff backup bin
I hope this is what you wanted ???
EOF Checks for end-of-file condition on open file hence close the file and then use diff.
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Newbie Poster
yes i had actually already figured that out but thank you for your help
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cksum is a fast way to see if two files are the same.
However, ftp-ing folders of files over just to compare files is a waste of bandwidth and time. What exactly are you trying to do - not how, but what do you need to acheive?
However, ftp-ing folders of files over just to compare files is a waste of bandwidth and time. What exactly are you trying to do - not how, but what do you need to acheive?
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