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Re: Linux/Posix FTP script
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Charles Finley <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 29 Apr 2002 21:34:42 -0700
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Tony Gil wrote:
>
>
> I'm currently FTP'ing data from the HP-3000 to a Linux FTP server.
>
> I'm trying to run a script which will act like a "sleeper" job to
> be run on
> the Linux server. This "job" will check for file(s) present in a special
> folder.
>
> If a file is not present, the job goes (back) to sleep for x minutes. If a
> file is present, the necessary ftp commands would be invoked.
>
>
> Has anyone done anything similar to this? Thanks in advance!
There are a lot of different ways to do this.  Look into something called
Expect.  It comes with Linux and is based on tcl/tk.

Charles Finley
Transformix Computer Corporation
760-439-3146

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