TFTP get call for two files
I am having a very strange problem with the following TFTP command to get two files from a host IP:
tftp 173.32.52.12 -c get MyFile1.txt MyFile2.txtThe command executes just fine but when I go to retrieve the files, only the second one shows up as the first one has been omitted. The strange thing is I have used this exact command to pull different numbers of files, and it works with 1 file, 3 files, 4 files, and 5 files (successfully returns all files from the host) BUT for some reason it doesn't work with 2.
tftp 173.32.52.12 -c get MyFile1.txt MyFile2.txt MyFile3.txt etc. etc.Does anyone have a clue why it's leaving out the first file after the get whenever I use only two files?
13 Answers
If you specify 1 file that file is transferred with the original file name to the local server
If you specify 2 files the first file is transferred using the second file name as a destination on the local server (so in your case file2 on your destination server actually has file1's contents)
If you specify 3 or more files all files are transferred with the original file name to the local server
Have you tried:
tftp 173.32.52.12 <<! get MyFile1.txt get MyFile2.txt
!Here's what my tftp(1) man page says:
get filename get remotename localname get file1 file2 ... fileN Get one or more files from the remote host. When using the host argument, the host will be used as default host for future transfers. If localname is specified, the file is stored locally as localname, otherwise the original filename is used. Note that it is not possible to download two files at a time, only one, three, or more than three files, at a time.Note that second usage form and those last two sentences.
