Purpose of project
Send ftp files and to a remote ftp server and resend them in case of connection faillure.
Note
ftp.sh is only sending the files modified in less than one hour .
Manual Usage
- Install FTP server on the Raspberry pi by running the command $ sudo apt-get update then $ sudo apt-get install ftp
- Move the ftp.sh file to /home/pi/Desktop/vAlert/bin
- Move the ResendFtpFiles.sh to the same folder as above
- Navigate to /home/pi/Desktop/vAlert/log
- Create a new file named /TobeUploadedList.txt
- Make sure that TobeUploadedList.txt is writable by running $ chmod 777 TobeUploadedList.txt
- Open a terminal (Mac Terminal , putty, Git Bash)
- Type $ ssh pi@<pi_ip_address>
- Login and Navigate to /home/pi/Desktop/vAlert/rec
- Edit a ramdom file
- Navigate to /home/pi/Desktop/vAlert/bin
- Run chmod +x ftp.sh
- Run $ ./ftp.sh
- Check that /home/pi/Desktop/vAlert/log/TobeUploadedList.txt has be written
- If /home/pi/Desktop/vAlert/log/TobeUploadedList.txt has been written Run $ chmod +x ResendFtpFiles.sh then$ ./ResendFtpFiles.sh
Crontab schedule Usage
- After Testing function with steps above you can schedule the scripts with Crontab to run periodically or at some specific hour of the day
-First you should createa file undert/etc name myftpLog.log by just running $ touch /etc/mydtpLog.log
- Then run $ echo "10 12 * * * /home/pi/Desktop/vAlert/bin/./ftp.sh >> /etc/myftpLog.log 2>&1" >> /etc/crontab