ftp shell script

[mcrosby]

hello everyone,
i have developed a shell script to connect through ftp to a remote server. I was able to get the ftp working and automatically transfer files. Now what i am trying to do is download files from the remote server and then compare those files to the files located in a folder on my local drive. If the files are not equal i want it to output an error to a file or if they are equal show that the operation completed successfully. Anyone have any ideas or can point me in the right direction?

[falko]

You can use the md5sum command and compare the MD5 hashes of the files. If they are not identical, then the files differ.

[mcrosby]

I am not sure how to use the md5 hashes as I am fairly new to shell scripting do you have any references websites or could you get me started?

[mcrosby]

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.

[falko]

Originally Posted by mcrosby

do you have any references websites or could you get me started?

Have a look here: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html

[EvanCarroll]

Originally Posted by mcrosby

hello everyone,
i have developed a shell script to connect through ftp to a remote server. I was able to get the ftp working and automatically transfer files. Now what i am trying to do is download files from the remote server and then compare those files to the files located in a folder on my local drive. If the files are not equal i want it to output an error to a file or if they are equal show that the operation completed successfully. Anyone have any ideas or can point me in the right direction?

This shoulden't require a script at all, you are reinventing the wheel.

Please see `man wget` and -m

[urnetmate]

Originally Posted by mcrosby

hello everyone,
i have developed a shell script to connect through ftp to a remote server. I was able to get the ftp working and automatically transfer files. Now what i am trying to do is download files from the remote server and then compare those files to the files located in a folder on my local drive. If the files are not equal i want it to output an error to a file or if they are equal show that the operation completed successfully. Anyone have any ideas or can point me in the right direction?

Please telll me code for shell script to connect ftp.
Waiting for replay..
Thanks in advance

[urnetmate]

Originally Posted by falko

Have a look here: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html

I am getting error "Passive mode refused" on mget shell command

Please help..

Thanks in Advance

[falko]

Originally Posted by urnetmate

I am getting error "Passive mode refused" on mget shell command

Do you mean wget?