One quick thought:  it could be a terminal problem (or lack
thereof...).  Try running lftp via system(), but redirecting STDOUT to
a file as part of the call.  Then open the STDOUT file, parse it for
/Total 4 files transferred/, and proceed as before.

On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Ski Kacoroski <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a simple perl script that creates some csv files and uploads them to
> a vendor.   The problem code is:
>
> sub UploadCSV {
>   my $results = `/usr/bin/lftp -e "mput /var/spool/discoveryed/*.csv;bye" -u
> ZZZZZZZZ,'YYYYY' transfer.discoveryeducation.com 2>&1`;
>   print "ftp return: $results\n";
>   if ( $results =~ /Total 4 files transferred/) {
>     print "Discovery Education Upload Ok\n\n$results";
>     `rm /var/spool/discoveryed/old/*`;
>     `mv /var/spool/discoveryed/*roster*.csv
> /var/spool/discoveryed/roster.prev`;
>     `mv /var/spool/discoveryed/*.csv /var/spool/discoveryed/old`;
>   } else {
>     print "Discovery Education Upload Failed\n\n$results";
>   }
> }
>
> My output from the cron job is:
>
> ftp return:
> Discovery Education Upload Failed
>
> However in reality, the upload was successful (I can see the files on the
> vendors site.  When I run it from the command link the $results are:
>
> webapp:/opt/ski# ./DiscoveryEducation.pl
> ftp return: 7452635 bytes transferred in 16 seconds (449.3K/s)
> Total 4 files transferred
>
> Discovery Education Upload Ok
>
> 7452635 bytes transferred in 16 seconds (449.3K/s)
> Total 4 files transferred
>
> Any ideas why the $results variable is not being set when the job is run
> from cron or how I can debug this problem.  I am using perl 5.10.0.
>
> Thanks,
>
> ski
>
>
> --
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>  connected to the entire universe"            John Muir
>
> Chris "Ski" Kacoroski, [email protected], 206-501-9803
> or ski98033 on most IM services
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