Hi, I am trying to FTP files ( say 100 files) one per minute.I am using the following ftp -niv ${BOX} ENDOFTEXT user xyz abcd bin pwd mput *.txt bye ENDOFTEXT where do i add ( sleep 60) so that i can ftp one file per minute? Or is there any other idea to do the above? Thanks

Put the ftp code as a function that is called once / minute. Pass as a parameter the name of the file you want to send within a for loop.

David, Thanks but this will ask for multiple times of connecting , disconnecting and reconnecting..i do not want to do that for 500 times for 500 files.

You could try running it in background as a co-process. This would complicate things since you only have a basic text interface between the foreground process and the coprocess; but it does avoid having to reconnect each time you need ftp.

Do i have any option of connecting to ftp only once and executing the for loop or sending the files one per one minute? my options will be 1.if possible to call a script or use a forloop within that FTP connection 2.define a macro (macdef) to the above. can anyone suggest..how to do that? Thanks

ftp yourremotehost |& # (assuming you have a .netrc file to automate # login) the ftp session is now a co-process. print -p ascii print -p cd some/path # Feed it commands via print -p cd some/local/path # You can execute other commands in the foreground. for f in *.txt do print -p put $f done print -p bye You can also use read -p to fetch output from the co-process, and there are some fancy redirection options in man ksh that I haven't properly experimented with. The above is the ksh implementation: other shells probably have different ways of doing it.

Hi, thats a wonderful idea. but when ever i write print -p argument its giving error PRINT:Cannot open file: argument do i need to change any configuartion /setup? I am using ksh. thanks