#!/bin/sh

#
# Wrapper around lftp to copy data from a server to 
# a local host
#
# Edit dataHost to point to your favorite data server.
# this can be an ftp server or webserver too:
#  e.g: http://sos.noaa.gov/datasamples
# Many options exist for lftp (see: man lftp)
dataHost=nomads.fsl.noaa.gov
dataDest=/shared/sos/sosrt
dataSrc=/sosrt/rt


# Sync realtime data from remote server to local disk.
echo "`date` Syncing from remote server $dataHost."
lftp << .END
set cmd:fail-exit yes
set dns:fatal-timeout 60
open $dataHost
user theUserName thePassword
mirror --verbose=1 --only-missing $dataSrc $dataDest
.END

echo "`date` Syncing complete remote server $dataHost."