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Todd Jones
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I am on a UNIX Box and I want to do a UNIX ftp command in my fex. I've created a .fex to do this. I've tried different syntex with no luck.

UNIX ftp open server
UNIX userid
UNIX password
UNIX bin
UNIX cd /az/webfocus/ibi/apps
UNIX put test.fex
UNIX close
UNIX quit

I even tried it on one line :
UNIX ftp open server userid password bin cd /az/webfocus/ibi/apps put test.fex close quit
UNIX ftp open server userid password put /az/webfocus/ibi/apps/test.fex /az/webfocus/ibi/apps/testing/text.fex quit

Thanks,
Todd

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N.Selph
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Put all the ftp commands in an shell script, make sure it is executable, and call that file from your fex.


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Todd Jones
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Is their a way to do this within the fex?


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jfr99
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Hi Todd,

Here's an example of one I used in the past.

-*
FILEDEF FTPPUT DISK ftpt0002.txt
-RUN
-*
-WRITE FTPPUT open xyz
-WRITE FTPPUT userid
-WRITE FTPPUT pswd
-WRITE FTPPUT cd /aaa/bbb/ccc
-WRITE FTPPUT put test.fex
-WRITE FTPPUT bye
-CLOSE
DOS ftp -i -s:ftpt0002.txt
-*

I'm not on a UNIX box any more, but this used to work.

Jim


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jfr99
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Hi Todd,

Sorry, I was running on a windows webfocus server, thus the "DOS" command:

DOS ftp -i -s:ftpt0002.txt

I was ftp-ing the file to a UNIX box.

Anyway, maybe the command would look like this:

UNIX ftp -i -s:ftpt0002.txt

Or, better yet, a UNIX person can help us out.

Jim


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Francis Mariani
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fex1 changes the permissions to execute and runs fex2.

fex2 contains the required UNIX commands. (I named it fex2.fex just to make it easier to access in Dev Studio - UNIX can execute a command file with any suffix).

-* File fex1.fex

-SET &ECHO='ALL';

UNIX chmod +x /wf76/ibi/apps/baseapp/fex2.fex
-RUN

UNIX /wf76/ibi/apps/baseapp/fex2.fex
-RUN

----------------------
# File fex2.fex
# UNIX commands go here

whoami

cd /wf76/ibi/ReportCaster76/bin

# Verify if RC is running
netstat -an|grep 8200

You can also create the UNIX command file with -WRITE statements as previously shown.


Francis


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Todd Jones
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I've tried something like this:

FILEDEF FTPCMDS DISK /az/webfocus/ibi/apps/test/coc.sh
-RUN
-WRITE FTPCMDS open server
-WRITE FTPCMDS user UID PW
-WRITE FTPCMDS bin
-WRITE FTPCMDS send /az/webfocus/ibi/apps/testing/test.fex /az/webfocus/ibi/apps/testing/test.fex
-WRITE FTPCMDS close
-WRITE FTPCMDS bye
-RUN
UNIX /az/webfocus/ibi/apps/test/coc.sh
-RUN



When this runs i get the below error:
UNIX /az/webfocus/ibi/apps/test/coc.sh
-RUN
sh: /az/webfocus/ibi/apps/test/coc.sh: Permission denied


The CHMOD is 777 of the .fex that is creating the file so the coc.sh is also 777.

Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Todd


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Francis Mariani
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quote:
The CHMOD is 777 of the .fex that is creating the file so the coc.sh is also 777

Are you sure that coc.sh is 777?

I would add 
UNIX chmod +x /az/webfocus/ibi/apps/test/coc.sh
-RUN


Francis


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Todd Jones
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I get the same results either way, but I did change the -WRITE just a bit.

FILEDEF FTPCMDS DISK /az/webfocus/ibi/apps/test/coc.sh

-RUN
-WRITE FTPCMDS open server
-WRITE FTPCMDS UID
-WRITE FTPCMDS PW
-WRITE FTPCMDS cd /az/webfocus/ibi/apps/test
-WRITE FTPCMDS put coc_tp.fex
-WRITE FTPCMDS bye
-RUN
UNIX chmod +x /az/webfocus/ibi/apps/test/coc.sh
-RUN
-**************************************************************************************************
-**** EXECUTE FTP
UNIX /az/webfocus/ibi/apps/test/coc.sh
-RUN
open: Failed to open /dev/console
: Permission denied
/az/webfocus/ibi/apps/tjones-dev/coc.sh: line 2: UID: command not found
/az/webfocus/ibi/apps/tjones-dev/coc.sh: line 3: PW: command not found
/az/webfocus/ibi/apps/tjones-dev/coc.sh: line 5: put: command not found
/az/webfocus/ibi/apps/tjones-dev/coc.sh: line 6: bye: command not found

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dhagen
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Maybe instead of asking how to ftp, you should explain the task that you are trying to accomplish here. Looks to me like you want to copy a fex from one server to another. Is that it?


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Todd Jones
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dhagen,
You are correct. I really need to move a fex from one server to another.


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dhagen
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Then:

- add the target server as a remote server to the current one.
- use the EDAPUT command (between a remote begin and remote end) to move the file

You can get the EDAPUT syntax by searching this forum.


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George Patton
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You can use scp - secure copy - (instead of ftp) right in your FEX without the need for a shell script. I have a bunch of them in a separate FEX that I -INCLUDE in other applications. 

e.g.:
-UNIX scp -2 USER@123.123.123.123:/home/username/file.txt file.txt


You need to set this up as a trusted connection (so you don't have to supply the password) ahead of time, but after that it works great.

George


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Todd Jones
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George,
I was able to get this function to work. Thanks so much!

UNIX scp -2 /az/webfocus/ibi/apps/test/coc_tp.fex UID@SERVERNAME:/az/webfocus/ibi/apps/test/coc_tp.fex

Thanks,
Todd


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