Hi,
I have a ksh script that invokes ftp and sends many large files. After each
file, while still in ftp, the script issues the following command:
!echo ftp finished third disk at `date`
and then when it finishes and exits ftp it issues:
echo finished ftp at `date`
What is strange is that the `date` that is echo'ed while in ftp is always
the same even though the whole process takes several hours. Here's a
snippet from the log:
starting ftp at Fri Nov 30 00:15:10 EST 2001 {this is echo'ed right before
invoking ftp}
...
ftp start first disk at Fri Nov 30 00:15:10 EST 2001 {this is echo'ed from
within ftp right before the first 'mput *' command}
...
ftp start second disk at Fri Nov 30 00:15:10 EST 2001 {this is echo'ed from
within ftp after transferring several dozen mb for about 10 different files
and right before the next 'mput *' command}
...
ftp finished third disk at Fri Nov 30 00:15:10 EST 2001 {this echo'ed from
within ftp right before exiting -- `date` still 00:15:10 }
1382317813 bytes sent in 1.1e+04 seconds (1.2e+02 Kbytes/s)
221 Goodbye.
finished ftp at Fri Nov 30 04:22:31 EST 2001 {this is echo'ed right after
exiting ftp `date` is now 04:22:31 -- 4+ hours after starting }
Is this expected behavior?
Thanks alot!
Andy
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Andy Cohen
Database Systems Administrator
Cognex Corporation
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Natick, MA 01760
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Received on Fri Nov 30 2001 - 21:07:28 NZDT