FTP File upload - script STUCK - linux

Question

I have a basic bash script that I'm using to copy a file and upload it to my FTP:
cp -i /var/mobile/file.db /var
cd /var
HOST=MYFTPHOST
USER=USERNAME
PASS=PASSWORD
ftp -inv $HOST << EOF
user $USER $PASS
cd websitefolder
put sms.db
bye
EOF
rm -f file.db
When I run the script, it saves the file to my FTP perfectly. But I'm running the script from different computer's so somehow, I'd like the script to upload the file.db to my FTP like this everytime it uploads it:
file1.db
file2.db
file3.db
file4.db

Answer 1

Your question is a little unclear, but if I understand correctly, you're trying to name the database files in sequential order without overwriting any old files. You'll have to get the list of files from the FTP server in order to find out what files have already been uploaded.
This code will get the list of files from the server that begin with "file" and end with ".db", count them, then change the name of your "file.db" to "fileXX.db", where "XX" is the next number in the naming sequence (i.e. file1.db, file2.db, file3.db, etc).
I'm not sure where "sms.db" came from. I've changed it to "file.db" in the script.
cp -i /var/mobile/file.db /var
cd /var
HOST=MYFTPHOST
USER=USERNAME
PASS=PASSWORD
ftp -inv $HOST << EOF
user $USER $PASS
cd websitefolder
LIST=$(ls | grep file*.db)
bye
EOF
FILECOUNT=0
for FILE in $LIST
do
if [ -f $FILE ];
then
FILECOUNT+=1
done
FILECOUNT+=1
NEXTDB="file$FILECOUNT.db"
mv file.db $NEXTDB
ftp -inv $HOST << EOF
put $NEXTDB
bye
EOF