Dynamically ftp'ing a file

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Hi,

I am having unix script that passes argument value to script. The script finds the file and keeps it in a directory.

I need to ftp this file to another server. Please guide me how to acieve this.

I am able to connect to ftp server but i am not able to use the unix argument in the ftp script as it is already ftp'ed in to another server.

Eg: Put /data/$1.bcp /data/bin/$1.bcp

it says that $1.bcp is not found as we cant use $1 once it is ftp'ed.

Steps that i am following in the Unix script:

  1. ./unloadtable.bld order

This unloadtable.bld takes orders as a argument and searches that orders file and attaches .bcp to that orders. So it becomes orders.bcp.

  1. We need to pass this orders.bcp to ftp.

I am calling another script in unloadtable.bld to ftp this file.

  1. This subscript again calls another scripts that passes orders.bcp to that server.

I am having problem in the third step. Please help me out.

Thanks

Suresh