<<EOF ... syntax error: unexpected end of file

[bandejapaisa]

Im backing up my databases, and ftp'ing the files to a backup server:

#Loop over databases and backthem up
for DB in ${DBNAMES[@]}; do

#1. Backup the database
BACKUPFILE="/var/backups/mysql/$DB.$DATE.sql"
echo "Backing up $DB to $BACKUPFILE ..."
mysqldump --user=$USER --password=$PASSWORD --opt $DB >
$BACKUPFILE

#2. Compress the backedup file and delete the original
echo "Compressing the backup file ..."
tar -czf "${BACKUPFILE}.tgz" $BACKUPFILE
rm -rf $BACKUPFILE

#3. FTP to backup server
echo "Going to send the file to backup server ...."
ftp -n -v $FTP_HOSTNAME <<EOF
binary
user $FTP_USERNAME $FTP_PASSWORD
prompt
put ${BACKUPFILE}.tgz
bye
EOF
done

However.... the ftp section doesn't seem to be working and i get the
error:

line 48: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Line 48 being the last line in my file. It seems that my EOF tag is
not terminating the multi line string.

Any ideas what im doing wrong?

Thanks

[bandejapaisa]

I figured it out....

Firstly, the marker EOF needed to have NO leading whitespace....
secondly, it didn't like me using the letters EOF.

I changed it to something else (HERE) and it worked !

[Barry Margolin]

In article
<9a682a3a-392c-432d...@v19g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>,
bandejapaisa <djcas...@googlemail.com> wrote:

You're correct about the leading whitespace. But I've used "EOF" as the
end marker many times, so you're confused there.

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Arlington, MA
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[Richard van der Leeden]

Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article
> <9a682a3a-392c-432d...@v19g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>,
> bandejapaisa <djcas...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> I figured it out....
>>
>> Firstly, the marker EOF needed to have NO leading whitespace....
>> secondly, it didn't like me using the letters EOF.
>>
>> I changed it to something else (HERE) and it worked !
>
> You're correct about the leading whitespace. But I've used "EOF" as the
> end marker many times, so you're confused there.
>

You can use leading tabs if you use the redirection operator <<-

e.g.

for loop in 1 2
do
cat <<-EOF
stuff
EOF
done

and yes no problem with using "EOF".

[bandejapaisa]

Ahhh nice <<- allows me to keep my nice formatted code.

Just checked EOF again. Working now.

Thanks

[mrchad...@gmail.com]

Hi,

I am facing the problem with EOF..
What the correction I have to do?