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Learn how to upload files using SFTP or SCP commands.
Upload a file using SFTP or SCP commands
Use the SFTP or SCP client of your choice. Click "Enter/Return" on your keyboard after each command.
Note: Commands are case-sensitive and all alphabetic characters must be lowercase.
| Method | Commands |
|---|---|
| SFTP |
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| Secure Copy |
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Verify a file has been uploaded successfully
Almost immediately after a file upload completes, the system moves the file into a queue for subsequent processing and it is no longer available on the upload server. The only reliable way to verify the success of the upload is to check for a non-zero condition code or for error messages after the upload attempt.
The following is an example of a script that checks for a non-zero return code.This assumes the bash shell is in use, which is the default on most Linux distributions:
#!/bin/bash# This script assumes that a public / private key pair has been setup already between the# client account that is running the script on the local machine and the fx_zzzzz server# account on OCLC's filex-m1.oclc.org hostsftp -v fx_zzzzz@filex-m1.oclc.org <<EOFlcd /zzzzz/bib/xfer/out/cd /xfer/metacoll/in/bib/put 1234567.zzzzz.bibs.20200101.mrcquitEOF# Best practice is to assign the sftp return code to a variable for further use, because# ${?} is fleeting and only shows the condition code of the immediately preceding commandSFTP_RETURN_CODE=${?}# If the return code is non-zero then the upload was not successfulif [[ 0 != ${SFTP_RETURN_CODE} ]] then echo "bib upload for zzzzz failed" exit ${SFTP_RETURN_CODE}else echo "bib upload for zzzzz was successful"fiexit 0