Re: [aclug-L] Scropt help

[Sanjay Dhar <sxdhar@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Wayne White wrote:

> I would like to automate the uploading of a file to a ftp
> site with a script. 
> 
> I have worked out how to generate the file, but can't figure
> out how to connect to the ftp site, send username and password
> and then execute the commands to upload the file and disconnect.
> 
> I'm suspect that a shell script could handle this. I've been able 
> to script the connection, but how would you then get it to send
> the subsequent required informatin and commands.

You could disable the "auto-login option" for ftp by using the -n switch.

  ftp -vn hostname < ftp.put 

Here's a sample ftp.put (or whatever you want to call it)

user joe password
cd /some/remote/dir
binary
get somefile
put localfile
...... ( all your usual ftp commands go here )
......

quit


You can create your put file using some other script and make the whole
ftp process a cron job to suit your needs. Hope this helps.

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