I've small ftp script. it logins into remote FTP box and download
files using mget command.

I need to move the logfiles to other directoryfrom remote ftp as soon
as my "mget" command done. I've tried mv command using both ftp /
lftp but its not working. All i want is something as follows on remote
box
ftp> lcd /home/me/log/
ftp> mget *.log
ftp> mv *.log old/ <-------- this is not working

any is really appricated

In news:7885cc08-7f8d-49ef-afa5-36512b3b1a8b@u12g2000prd.googlegroups.com,
Fox <fox@foxmail.in> typed:

> ftp> mv *.log old/ <-------- this is not working
>
> any is really appricated

To fully "appricate" any , you should invoke it by typing or ?
while connected to the ftp server to see the list of available commands. mv
is not one of them unfortunately, but you might be interested in rename.

On May 3, 11:33am, Fox <f...@foxmail.in> wrote:
> I've small ftp script. it logins into remote FTP box and download
> files using mget command.
>
> I need to move the logfiles to other directoryfrom remote ftp as soon
> as my "mget" command done. I've tried mv command using both ftp /
> lftp but its not working. All i want is something as follows on remote
> box
> ftp> lcd /home/me/log/
> ftp> mget *.log
> ftp> mv *.log old/ <-------- this is not working
>
> any is really appricated

You can't move the file, but you can rename it. What I used to do is
to create a subdir, called retain, and then do a rename of each file
to it. You might find that you can't do a wildcard rename.

Try to use:
ftp> lcd /home/me/log/
ftp> get <FileName1>.log
ftp> rename <FileName1>.log old/<FileName1>.log <-------- old would
be your subdirs name.

Since you're using a script, and would suggest you use a proper
scripting language, like Perl (or whatever you know/like). The thing
is that you start out with a simple small script, but believe me it
will grow with time. Remember to clean up the old (retain) directory
occasionally.