#*************************************************************
#
# Script name: checkftp.fscr
#
# Description: Poll a remote FTP server every 5 minutes,
# checking for new files that match a specific
# wildcard name. If a match is found, the file
# is downloaded to the local computer and deleted
# from the remote FTP server.
# NOTE: The script must be scheduled as a
# recurring task so that it can be
# executed every 5 minutes. Also, for
# debugging, be sure to enable the log
# file for the session used to schedule
# this script.
# NOTE: Always verify that a script is doing
# exactly what you wanted it to do,
# before scheduling it as an automated
# task to avoid unpleasant surprises!
#*************************************************************
# Try to connect to the FTP server - 3 attempts max.
# If the connection was successful, exit out of the loop early.
# Otherwise, wait for 10 seconds and try again until the loop
# is exceeded (3 in our case)
# NOTE: Whenever a macro that starts with "ftp" is executed,
# eg. ftpconnect, ftpsetpath, etc., the result of
# the last executed macro is stored in the keyword
# "ftpresult"
loop 3 begin
ftpconnect("127.0.0.1", 229, "jj", "jj");
if(success eq ftpresult) begin
exitloop;
end else begin
waitsecs(10);
end
end
# Check if the ftpconnect command was successful.
# If the connect was not successful, print out an error
# message and end the script.
# NOTE: loop, if, and foreach statements must contain
# enclosing "begin" and "end" blocks.
if(success ne ftpresult) begin
print("ERROR: could not connect to server after 3 attempts");
endscript;
end
# Set the desired local and remote paths
# NOTE: "local" and "remote" are keywords used to denote the local
# and remote computers respectively.
# NOTE: Since "\" is also used as an escape character to specify
# printable quotes, local paths may be specified using a
# double backslash like "c:\\myfolder"
ftpsetpath(local, "c:\\temp");
if(success ne ftpresult) begin
print("ERROR: could not set local path");
ftpdisconnect();
endscript;
end
ftpsetpath(remote, "/");
if(success ne ftpresult) begin
print("ERROR: could not set remote path");
ftpdisconnect();
endscript;
end
# If passive mode transfers are required, enable passive mode
enablepasv();
# List the contents of the remote folder. In order
# to be able to manipulate this list in the future,
# we store it in a variable.
# Any name can be chosen for this variable, but the first
# character must be "@". eg. @my_list
ftpgetlist(remote, @my_list);
if(success ne ftpresult) begin
print("ERROR: could not list the contents of the current path");
ftpdisconnect();
endscript;
end
#print out the number of items that are in the list
print("The remote folder contains ", @my_list.count, " items");
# Set the transfer type to auto. Valid keywords are "ascii",
# "binary" and "auto".
# Also, set the rules to use if a duplicate file already exists
# in the destination path. The files may be compared by size or
# by date. This is indicated by the keywords "bysize" or "bydate".
# The following rule keywords may be specified: "resume", "rename"
# "overwrite", and "skip". Refer the help manual for the syntax of
# the "setduperules" macro.
settransfertype(auto);
setduperules(bysize, overwrite, skip, skip);
# We can now pick each item in the list and decide whether we
# need to download it. This is accomplished by the "foreach"
# statement. Any name can be chosen for the variable that denotes
# each individual item, but the first character must be "$".
# eg. $my_item
# For each item, check if it is a file. If so, check if the name
# matches the wildcard "*.txt". If so, download the file to the
# local folder, and delete it from the remote server.
foreach $my_item in @my_list begin
if(false eq $my_item.isfolder) begin
if("*.txt" eq $my_item.name) begin
ftpdownload(file, $my_item.name);
if(success eq ftpresult) begin
ftpdelete(remote, file, $my_item.name);
end else begin
print($my_item.name, " ", "could not be downloaded");
end
end else begin
print($my_item.name, " ", "does not match *.txt");
end
end else begin
print($my_item.name, " is a folder");
end
end
# Finally, disconnect from the remote ftp server
ftpdisconnect();
# we can now finish the script. Since this script has been
# scheduled as a recurring task, it will be run again
# after 5 minutes.
endscript;
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