[K12OSN] Way OT: scripting help

[Huck]

is there some way to do an MD5 checksum on the file before and after?
compare the two?

--Huck

Dimitri Yioulos wrote:
> Hi, Folks.
> 
> If it's appropriate (and if not, thanks for listening), I was wondering if 
> anyone would be kind enough to take time out of his/her busy day to help me 
> with a shell script (which I have little experience writing, unfortunately, 
> but I'm learning) which I need asap.  Here's the scenario:
> 
> Our company copies a data file from Fileserver to FTPserver.  A business 
> partner picks up that file from the FTPserver at a specified time and, with 
> 10-15 minutes, returns a reults file.  The results file is then copied to 
> Fileserver, where it's made available to our business application.  Finally, 
> files older than 1 day are deleted from FTPserver.
> 
> What I'd like to do is confirm that an exact copy is made from FTPserver to 
> Fileserver before deleting the old files,  But, I don't know how.
> 
> Here's my script, simple as it is, so far: 
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> #Declare our variables
> FILENAME_PARTNER="partner"`eval date +%Y%m%d`".csv"
> FILENAME_OURCOMPANY="ourcompany"`eval date +%Y%m%d`".csv"
> WORKDIR=/home/partner
> DAYSOLD="1"
> 
> #Virus scan all files in Partner ftp directory
> bdc --log=/var/log/bdc.log --disinfect $WORKDIR > /dev/null 2>&1
> 
> #Change ownership and permissions of Ourcompany files to go to Partner
> chown partner $WORKDIR/$FILENAME_OURCOMPANY
> chgrp partner $WORKDIR/$FILENAME_OURCOMPANY
> chmod 770 $WORKDIR/$FILENAME_OURCOMPANY
> 
> #See if Partner file has been uploaded.  If not, wait 15 minutes, then 
> #transfer the file to Fileserver.  Scp authentication is automated.
> if [ ! -f "$FILENAME_PARTNER" ]
> then
> sleep 900
> elif [ -f "$FILENAME_PARTNER" ]
> then
> scp $WORKDIR/$FILENAME_PARTNER root at fileserver:/data1/Application/partner/
> break
> else
> scp $WORKDIR/$FILENAME_PARTNER root at fileserver:/data1/Application/partner/
> fi
> 
> #Delete any files older than 1 day
> if [ -d $WORKDIR ]
> then
>   find $WORKDIR -maxdepth 1 -mtime +$DAYSOLD -exec rm {} \;
> else
>   echo "$WORKDIR does not exist or is not a directory."
> fi
> 
> Exit 0
> 
> 
> Again, your help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Dimitri
>