sftp example

# code by Esa Ikonen - stub done in 2 minutes ... 
localdir=some/other/path

remotedir=some/path
files=......


sftp_opts="-b - "

errors=""
success=""

for file in $files
do
 local=$localdir/$file
 test -f "$local" || {
  wlog "Not a file: $local"
  next
 }
 remote=$remotedir/`basename $file`
 remotetmp=$remote.tmp

 #
 # Remove old remote file
 #
 echo "rm $remotetmp" | sftp $sftp_opt $sftpuser@$sftpserver >> $LOG 2>&1
 echo "rm $remote" | sftp $sftp_opt $sftpuser@$sftpserver >> $LOG 2>&1

 wlog "Start $local -> $remote"
 result=`(
  echo "put $local $remotetmp"
  echo "mv $remotetmp $remote"
 ) | sftp $sftp_opt $sftpuser@$sftpserver 2>&1` || {
  wlog "SFTP failed"
  errors="$errors $local"
  next
 }
 wlog "$result"
 echo "$result" | egrep -i '(error|fail)' >/dev/null && {
  wlog "some error ...."
  errors="$errors $local"
  next
1 }
 success="$success $local"
 wlog "Finished $local -> $remote"
done

test -z "$errors" || {
 wlog "perkele virheita: $errors"
}

test -z "$success" && {
 wlog "OOps mikaan ei onnistunut"
}

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