Getting exit status code from 'ftp' command in linux shell

Question

I need to retrive the exit status code from a command line program. No worries, I used $?. But for ftp, even if it doesn\'t connect, it opens the ftp shell, so I\'m not able

Answer 1

Another way around this is to check if you have the file on your server post transfer!

Something like...

if ![ -s "$INPUT_DIR/HOP_PSA_Transactions_$BATCH_ID.csv" ]
then
    ## No Transactions file
    FAIL_TIME=`date +"%d-%m-%Y %H:%M"`
	echo "ERROR: File HOP_PSA_Transactions_$BATCH_ID.csv not found @ $FAIL_TIME" >>$LOGFILE_DIR$LOGFILE_NAME
	exit $ERR_NO_TRANS_FILE    
fi

If it's not there then it didn't transfer successfully!