Verify FTP Success, prior to deleting files

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NOTE: I cannot use the Net::FTP module, because I am not allowed to download any software to this production system.
How can I ensure the files are successfully ftp'ed to the $webserver prior to deleting the files?
Thanks, David
Here is my ftp & delete code:

`ftp -i -n $webserver << 'EOF' 
user $username $passwd 
cd $destdir 
lcd $logdir 
mput @delFiles 
quit 
EOF`; 

foreach $delfile (@delFiles) 
{ 
    unlink $delfile || die "could not delete $delfile $!\n"; 
}
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Re: Verify FTP Success, prior to deleting files by Roger (Parson) on Oct 05, 2003 at 23:57 UTC
You can not 100% guarantee that the files are successfully FTP'ed to another system without checking both the source and destination copies of the files. I can think of a simple solution using the 'PULL' method on the client system. The process flow is as follows: When a data file becomes available on the FTP server, a cronjob on the server fires off to calculate the CRC of the file and store in the same directory as the data file, with a .crc extension. At certain fixed interval on the $webserver, a cronjob fires off to FTP get the data file and the .crc of the data file. The client computes the CRC of the received data file and compares against the CRC calculated on the FTP server. If CRC's match, then the client will FTP delete the data from the FTP server. If CRC's do not match, then report the error or try again. The sender will never delete data files, only the receiver will delete them after download and CRC comparison.	[reply]
Re: Verify FTP Success, prior to deleting files by TVSET (Chaplain) on Oct 05, 2003 at 22:33 UTC
How can I ensure the files are successfully ftp'ed to the $webserver prior to deleting the files? One of the ways could be by listing the directory on the $webserver, locating the entries for the files that were just uploaded and comparing the sizes. Of course, there is always a chance of corruption that doesn't change the size... Also, you can parse the log of your FTP session and make sure that server responses were positivie all the time. :) Leonid Mamtchenkov aka TVSET	[reply]
Re: Verify FTP Success, prior to deleting files by strredwolf (Chaplain) on Oct 07, 2003 at 03:19 UTC
`use Net::FTP` -- $Stalag99{"URL"}="http://stalag99.keenspace.com";	[reply] [d/l]


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