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Asked: 2026-06-15T23:30:35+00:00

I have a bash code to backup my iOS files and send them to

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I have a bash code to backup my iOS files and send them to my website FTP in the directory: (http://mywebsite.com/sms) but when I run this code, it isn’t .zip’ing the files and leaves the file ‘zippyy.db’ in the root of my website, not in the /sms folder.

I will be running this script from a few devices so when I execute the code, if there is already a file in the FTP called zippyy.zip, it will change it to zippyy1.zip, zippyy2.zip etc..

I would be really grateful for somebody to re-write the script for me. Thank you in advance! Here’s my code:

 #!/bin/bash

 ROOTFOLDER="/var/root"
 ZIPNAME="zipfolder"
 ZIPFOLDER=$ROOTFOLDER/$ZIPNAME
 LIBFOLDER="/var/mobile/Library"
 ZIPFILE="zippyy.zip"

 mkdir -p $ZIPFOLDER
 cp $LIBFOLDER/SMS/sms.db $ZIPFOLDER/
 cp $LIBFOLDER/Notes/notes.sqlite $ZIPFOLDER/
 cp $LIBFOLDER/Safari/Bookmarks.db $ZIPFOLDER/
 cp $LIBFOLDER/Safari/History.plist $ZIPFOLDER/
 cd $ROOTFOLDER
 zip -r $ZIPFILE $ZIPNAME

 HOST=HOSTNAME
 USER=USERNAME
 PASS=PASSWORD

 ftp -inv $HOST << EOF
 user $USER $PASS
 cd sms
 dir . remote_dir.txt
 bye
 EOF

 FILECOUNT=$(grep zippyy remote_dir.txt | wc -l)
 NEXTDB="zippyy${FILECOUNT}.db"
 mv $ZIPFILE $NEXTDB

 ftp -inv $HOST << EOF
 user $USER $PASS
 put $NEXTDB
 bye
 EOF
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  1. Editorial Team

    You mean your archive is corrupt once it’s been ftp’d?

    Its likely your sending the file in default mode on your machine, which must be ASCII mode.

    But first, on you local copy of zip file, issue the test option

    zip -t $ZIPFILE

    If that succeeds, then change you ftp here-doc to 

    ftp -inv $HOST << EOF
 user $USER $PASS
 binary
 put $NEXTDB
 bye
EOF

    Note the addition of the ftp command binary, which means send file without translations for ASCII.

    It’s highly recommended to issue the following command 

     man ftp

    And read through it at least once. Granted there are sections of even a good ftp man page that I have failed to find useful! 😉 . Also be aware that there are many ftp clients, with only a semblance of adherence to a common set of options, parameters and sub-commands. Don’t assume that once you get it working at home, that it will work at the office, or at your friends place!

    IHTH

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