Shell Script Problems With FTP inside IF

[The-Kevster]

Hi,

Attatched is a simple script I produced to backup the etc folder to an FTP server. All works well except I'm now trying to add the option to upload the backup to a second FTP server.

The if statement work well EXCEPT for when the ftp statements is there. I get an unexpected end of file?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Ok realised that your not allowed to indent the !EOF Now fixed, enjoy the file

Message was edited by: The-Kevster

[Texiwill · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Change the following lines from

	ftp -n ${strFtp2_Server} << !EOF
	user ${strFtp2_Username} ${strFtp2_Password}
	put /tmp/${strFilename} ${strFtp2_Path}${strFilename}
	quit
	!EOF

to

	ftp -n ${strFtp2_Server} << !EOF
user ${strFtp2_Username} ${strFtp2_Password}
put /tmp/${strFilename} ${strFtp2_Path}${strFilename}
quit
!EOF

Note that you should NOT have any white space in front of the ftp commands or the !EOF line.

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