#!/bin/ksh
. $HOME/bin/init.ksh
log_start
exit_if_not_dgftp
EXPIRE_DAYS=30
create_arc_dir
handle_error abort $? "Command create_arc_dir failed" $USER
purge_archive $EXPIRE_DAYS
WORK_FILE=RetriesExceeded.csv
USER=
HOST=lawsonfax.test.org
# Ftp the file
# Ftp username and password is in .netrc
$FTP -v $HOST
lcd $WORK_FILE
get RetriesExceeded.csv
quit
archive_file $WORK_FILE
# /law/bin/mpack -s "Fax Retries Exceeded" $WORK_FILE_OUTPUT $USER
log_stop
exit 0

ERROR: Not recognizing the 'get' portion of the script and down. It is working throught he connection.

[dgftp@lawapp2]/lawif/bin$ get_lawson_fax.ksh
Connected to lawsonfax.test.org.
220 Microsoft FTP Service
331 Password required for dgftp.
230 User logged in.
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.
/lawif/bin/get_lawson_fax.ksh[33]: lcd: not found
/lawif/bin/get_lawson_fax.ksh[34]: get: not found
/lawif/bin/get_lawson_fax.ksh[35]: quit: not found
[dgftp@lawapp2]/lawif/bin$

The file I'm getting is on a windows server.

2

1 Answer

You should be able to use a here document to pass commands to the ftp session's standard input:

$FTP -v "$HOST" << EOF
lcd "$WORK_FILE"
get RetriesExceeded.csv
quit
EOF

The EOF string can be replaced by any arbitrary word to denote the start and end of input.

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